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International Date Line

International Date Line 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.

Proper noun

International Date Line

  1. 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.
    • After 119 years to the east of the International Date Line, they are shifting to the west so they can be on the same calendar day as their main economic partners, Australia and New Zealand.2011 December 29, Rowan Callick, “What a difference a day makes in Samoa”, in The Australian
    Synonyms:
    Date Line

International Date Line meaning in Tamil, Malay and Thai

International Date Line in Tamil

அனைத்துலக நாட்கோடு, உலகநாடுகளின் பொதுத் தேதிக்கோடு

International Date Line in Malay

line on the Earth's surface
Garisan Tarikh Antarabangsa

International Date Line in Thai

line on the Earth's surface
เส้นแบ่งเขตวันสากล sên-bɛ̀ng-kèet-wan-sǎa-gon

Synonyms of International Date Line

Questions about International Date Line

What does International Date Line mean?
International Date Line means 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.
What is International Date Line in Tamil?
International Date Line in Tamil is அனைத்துலக நாட்கோடு, உலகநாடுகளின் பொதுத் தேதிக்கோடு. See International Date Line meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is International Date Line?
International Date Line is a proper noun.

Words near International Date Line in the dictionary

  1. international community
  2. International Court of Justice
  3. International Criminal Court
  4. international crises
  5. international crisis
  6. International Date Line
  7. International Day of the Girl
  8. International Day of the Girl Child
  9. International Falls
  10. international feet
  11. international Fisher effect

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Adapted from Wiktionary: International Date Line (page history and authors); international date line (Tamil 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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