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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

coordenada este

Pronunciation / Transliteration: coordenada este

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Easting/ˈiː.stɪŋ/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #45000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A coordenada easting indica a distância para este."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The eastward distance of a point from a meridian used as a reference, especially in map-making and surveying.

    "The surveyor recorded the northing and easting to accurately plot the boundary of the property."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English adjective 'east', combining the cardinal direction with the suffix '-ing' used to form nouns denoting measurement or action. The term emerged in surveying and cartography during the 19th century to formally designate the eastward distance measured from a standard meridian.

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