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Definition of International date line
1. Noun. An imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian.
Definition of International date line
1. Proper noun. An imaginary line on the Earth's surface at 180° longitude, mostly through the Pacific Ocean, to the east of which the calendar date is one day earlier than to the west. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of International Date Line
Literary usage of International date line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public School Methods (1921)
"international date line. If a person were to travel completely around the earth
from west to east he would appear to gain a day; if he should travel ..."
2. Astronomy: A Popular Handbook by Harold Jacoby (1913)
"We shall close the present chapter with a brief explanation of the International
Date Line. This is another conventional arrangement intended to prevent ..."
3. Modern Arithmetic Methods and Problems by Theodore Lindquist (1917)
"international date line. If a man started from the prime meridian at noon and
... This line is usually referred to as the international date line although ..."
4. A Mathematical Solution Book Containing Systematic Solutions to Many of the by Benjamin Franklin Finkel (1888)
"The international date line is an irregular line passing through Bering Strait,
along the coast of Asia to near Borneo and Philippine Islands, ..."
5. The World Flat-globe and International Geographical History of the World by World flat-globe corporation (1919)
"The international date line.—This line marks the change of day in circumnavigating
the earth east or west. By common consent of the leading nations, ..."
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