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    3. 子午線

    子午線

    子し午ご線せん

    meridian

    KMT10News #43+1NounScience & MathKanji Vocab22 strokes

    しごせん

    Noun

    1.
    meridian, meridian line

    Stroke 0 / 22

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    地ち球きゅうにはたくさんの子し午ご線せんがあります。

    There are many meridians on Earth.

    KMT8Science & MathWeather & Geography
    宇う宙ちゅう飛ひ行こう士しは、子し午ご線せんに沿そって地ち球きゅうを周しゅう回かいする。

    Astronauts orbit the Earth along meridians.

    KMT9Science & MathTravel & Transportation
    本ほん初しょ子し午ご線せんは、経けい度どの基き準じゅんとなる子し午ご線せんです。

    The Prime Meridian is the meridian that serves as the standard for longitude.

    KMT10Science & MathWeather & Geography
    各かく地ちの子し午ご線せんは、地ち球きゅうの自じ転てんと太たい陽ようの位い置ちに基もとづいて、時じ刻こくを決けっ定ていする上うえで重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたす。

    Meridians in various locations play an important role in determining time based on the Earth's rotation and the sun's position.

    KMT10Science & MathWeather & Geography
    経けい度どを測そく定ていするために、子し午ご線せんが用もちいられます。

    Meridians are used to measure longitude.

    KMT10Science & MathTechnology

    Kanji that make up this word

    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
    午
    うま…(1)
    noon・sign of the horse・11AM-1PM・seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
    線
    すじ…(1)
    line・track
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