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Greenwich meridian

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  1. [geodesy, standards] The 0-degree meridian from which all other longitudes are calculated; adopted by international agreement in 1884 as the prime meridian. The Greenwich prime meridian runs through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, a suburb of London, England.

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