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Definition of Easting
1. n. The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.
Definition of Easting
1. Noun. (cartography) The distance east of a standard reference meridian. ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) A distance traveled eastward. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Easting
1. a movement toward the east [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Easting
Literary usage of Easting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supplement to Spons ̓dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military by Edward Spon, Francis N. Spon (1879)
"Fur the same reason, the easting arrangements should be sueh, that the mould may
be rapidly filled by a large stream or streams of metal, ..."
2. The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1874)
"It appears from these that diurnal rotation being regarded as the sole cause,
does not entirely account for the easting of these winds. 342. ..."
3. The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, K. G.: Preserved at Melbourne Hall by John Coke, Thomas Coke, Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper Cowper, William Dashwood Fane (1888)
"... they might make a profit by easting of sow iron. Desires to take ad- COKE MSS.
vantage of an outlawry of a minister beneficed in Ireland, ..."
4. General Foundry Practice by Andrew McWilliam, Percy Longmuir (1907)
"The order number may be printed into the mould, and when the easting is ready
for delivery, it may be easily traced by its number FIG. 170. ..."
5. Idylls of the Sea: And Other Marine Sketches by Frank Thomas Bullen (1904)
"... VI 'RUNNING THE easting DOWN' DESPITE the inroads made upon sail by steam, a
goodly fleet of sailing ships still survive, many of them magnificent ..."
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