easting

[ ee-sting ]

noun

Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
a shifting eastward; easterly direction.

Surveying. a distance east from a north-south reference line.

Origin of easting

First recorded in 1620–30; east + -ing¹

Words Nearby easting

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How to use easting in a sentence

We have been making a little easting, but that is all, and we are getting into the region of ice.
A Final Reckoning | G. A. Henty
Then came the day, when, steering east by south, they started to “run their easting down.”
The Viking Blood | Frederick William Wallace
It was possible that the Dornoch had proceeded directly to the southward, after making less easting than was anticipated.
Fighting for the Right | Oliver Optic
"She has made all the easting necessary, and by this time she has laid her course about south-west," continued the commander.
Fighting for the Right | Oliver Optic
I didn't suppose a couple of thousand miles of easting would take the heart out of things the way it does.
Empire Builders | Francis Lynde

British Dictionary definitions for easting

easting

/ (ˈiːstɪŋ) /

noun

nautical the net distance eastwards made by a vessel moving towards the east
cartography
- the distance eastwards of a point from a given meridian indicated by the first half of a map grid reference
- a longitudinal grid line: Compare northing (def. 3)

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