EASTING


Meaning of EASTING in English

/ee"sting/ , n.

1. Navig. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.

2. a shifting eastward; easterly direction.

3. Survey. a distance east from a north-south reference line.

[ 1620-30; EAST + -ING 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .