easting

American  

[ee-sting] / ˈi stɪŋ /

noun

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

2. a shifting eastward; easterly direction.

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

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easting British  

/ ˈiːstɪŋ /

noun

1. nautical the net distance eastwards made by a vessel moving towards the east

2. cartography

   1. the distance eastwards of a point from a given meridian indicated by the first half of a map grid reference

   2. a longitudinal grid line Compare northing

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Etymology

Origin of easting

First recorded in 1620–30; east + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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easting

The bark County of Pembroke was running her easting down in the roaring forties off the Cape of Good Hope when she shipped a monstrous sea over the lee rail.

From Time Magazine Archive

For three days and nights they fought head winds, trying to make their easting.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

They made an easting of more than a mile before heading due south.

From The Harbor Master by Theodore Goodridge Roberts

It was possible that the Dornoch had proceeded directly to the southward, after making less easting than was anticipated.

From Fighting for the Right by A. B. Shute

Another couple of days, and she had made about sufficient easting, and began to shape her course towards the north—the "sunny north."

From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Raphael Semmes

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