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Greenwich meridian
See Also:
meridian,
prime meridian
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[astronomy]
The meridian adopted by international agreement in 1884 as the prime meridian, the 0-degree meridian from which all other longitudes are calculated. The Greenwich prime meridian runs through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England. 
