easting

[ee-sting]

east·ing

[ee-sting]
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.

Origin:
1620–30; east + -ing1
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Easting is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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easting (ˈiːstɪŋ)
 
n
1.  nautical the net distance eastwards made by a vessel moving towards the east
2.  cartography
 a.  the distance eastwards of a point from a given meridian indicated by the first half of a map grid reference
 b.  Compare northing a longitudinal grid line

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