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INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does International Date Line mean? 

INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE (noun)
  The noun INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE has 1 sense:

1. an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridianplay

  Familiarity information: INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

date line; dateline; International Date Line

Instance hypernyms:

line of longitude; meridian (an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator)


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