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easting

Syllables: eas·ting

easting noun: the distance east of a standard reference meridian.

Noun

easting (countable and uncountable, plural eastings)

  1. The distance east of a standard reference meridian.
  2. A distance traveled eastward.
    • It was very tiring and slow work, yet I did visibly gain ground; and as we drew near the Cape of the Woods, though I saw I must infallibly miss that point, I had still made some hundred yards of easting.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
  3. A turning towards the east.
    • He had, in truth, drunk very little - not a fourth of the quantity which a systematic tippler could carry to church on a Sunday afternoon without a hitch in his eastings or genuflections; but the weakness of Sir John's constitution made mountains of his petty sins in this kind.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), page 47

easting meaning in Bengali

easting in Bengali

পূর্ব দিকে অতিক্রান্ত দূরত্ব, পূর্ব দিকে মোড় নেওয়া

Forms of easting

pluraleastings

Origin of easting

From east + -ing.

Words formed from easting

Questions about easting

What does easting mean?
Easting means the distance east of a standard reference meridian.
What is easting in Bengali?
Easting in Bengali is পূর্ব দিকে অতিক্রান্ত দূরত্ব, পূর্ব দিকে মোড় নেওয়া. See Easting meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is easting?
Easting is a noun.
What is the plural of easting?
The plural of easting is eastings.

Words near easting in the dictionary

  1. Easther
  2. Easthope
  3. eastie
  4. easties
  5. Eastin
  6. easting
  7. eastings
  8. Eastington
  9. Eastins
  10. eastish
  11. Eastlake

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Adapted from Wiktionary: easting (page history and authors); easting (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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