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The GIS Dictionary provides definitions for GIS terms related to operations such as analysis, GIS modeling and web-based GIS, cartography, and Esri software.

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  1. [measurement,coordinate systems] The distance east of the origin that a point in a Cartesian coordinate system lies, measured in that system's units.

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  2. [measurement,coordinate systems] The x-coordinate distance measured east from the origin in a grid coordinate system.

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