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EAST-WEST DIRECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does east-west direction mean? 

EAST-WEST DIRECTION (noun)
  The noun EAST-WEST DIRECTION has 1 sense:

1. in a direction parallel with lines of latitudeplay

  Familiarity information: EAST-WEST DIRECTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EAST-WEST DIRECTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In a direction parallel with lines of latitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("east-west direction" is a kind of...):

direction; way (a line leading to a place or point)


 Context examples 


Most of the waves are seen in elongated wave trains, spread out in an east-west direction, with wave crests that are perpendicular to the orientation of the train.

(NASA's Juno Mission Detects Jupiter Wave Trains, NASA)



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