meridian sailing

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• meridian sailing — noun : sailing north or south opposed to parallel sailing …   Useful english dictionary

• Meridian Junior College — Coordinates: 1°22′34.65″N 103°56′15.63″E / 1.3762917°N 103.937675°E / 1.3762917; 103.937675 …   Wikipedia

• parallel sailing — noun : spherical sailing in which the course is along a parallel and departure is the product of cosine latitude times the difference of longitude opposed to meridian sailing * * * sailing along a parallel of latitude. [1700 10] * * * parallel… …   Useful english dictionary

• Sephie of Meridian — Superherobox| caption=Sephie of Meridian comic color=background:#c0c0c0 character name=Sephie of Meridian real name=Sephie publisher=CrossGen debut= CrossGen Chronicles #1 creators=Barbara Kesel alliance color=background:#ffc0c0 status=Active… …   Wikipedia

• Plane sailing — (also spelt plain sailing) is an approximate method of navigation over small ranges of latitude and longitude.Both spellings ( plane and plain ) have been in use for several centuries, [ A Token for Ship Boys, or Plain Sailing made more plain… …   Wikipedia

• great-circle sailing — noun : the navigation or conducting of a ship on a great circle track or on a course determined in relation to a great circle track compare sailing * * * /grayt serr keuhl/, Navig. sailing between two points more or less according to an arc of a… …   Useful english dictionary

• Oblique sailing — Oblique Ob*lique , a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob }) + liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr. le chrios slanting.] [Written also {oblike}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• great-circle sailing — /grayt serr keuhl/, Navig. sailing between two points more or less according to an arc of a great circle, in practice almost always using a series of rhumb lines of different bearings to approximate the arc, whose own bearing changes constantly… …   Universalium

• oblique sailing — noun the movement of a ship when she sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points, making an oblique angle with the meridian …   Wiktionary

• oblique sailing — noun : the movement of a vessel when it sails upon a course making an oblique angle with the meridian * * * the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points. [1700 10] …   Useful english dictionary

• Geography in medieval Islam — Islamic geography includes the advancement of geography, cartography and earth sciences under various Islamic civilizations. During the medieval ages, Islamic geography was driven by a number of factors: the Islamic Golden Age, parallel… …   Wikipedia