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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 latitude
Familiarity information: EAST-WEST DIRECTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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...):
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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