经线 meaning in Chinese
[纺织] warp; [地] meridian (line); [航海学] longitude line
Examples
- Meridians are great circles passing through both poles .
经线均为通过两极。 - The problem was not solved completely until the invention of the marine chronometer in the eighteenth century .
这个问题直到十八世纪发明了航海经线仪才得以解决。 - The one hundred and first meridian was passed
现在已经越过了经线一百零一度了。 - What interested her most was the longitude line
她最感兴趣的是那条经线。 - Every place on the same meridian has the same longitude
同一经线上的每个地方都有相同的经度。