easting

English

Etymology

east +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: eas‧ting

Noun

easting (plural eastings)

1. (cartography) The distance east of a standard reference meridian.
2. (nautical) A distance traveled eastward.
3. A turning towards the east.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 47:

     He had, in truth, drunk very little - not a fourth of the quantity which a systematic tippler could carry to church on a Sunday afternoon without a hitch in his eastings or genuflections; but the weakness of Sir John's constitution made mountains of his petty sins in this kind.

Derived terms

• false easting

Translations

distance east of a standard reference meridian

distance traveled east

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} Oostwaarde

See also

• northing

Anagrams

• ageinst, eatings, gainest, genista, giantes, ingates, ingesta, seating, signate, tagines, tangies, teasing, tsigane