Definition
西经 is a noun used in geography to mean 'west longitude' — the line of longitude measured westward from the prime meridian. The gloss also lists a verb sense 'go through or pass a certain place to the west', but that meaning belongs to a different usage of 经, not the compound 西经; for this row, only the noun sense applies.
n.
west longitude
Examples
- 西经20。Zhè tiáo xiàn shì xī jīng èrshí dù.This line is 20 degrees west longitude.
- 西经。xī jīng hé dōngjīng dōu shì dìtú shàng de zhòngyào biāozhì.Both west longitude and east longitude are important markings on maps.
- 西经？Zhège chéngshì de xī jīng shì duōshao dù?What is the west longitude of this city?
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