Definition:East (Terrestrial)
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Definition
East is the direction on (or near) Earth's surface along the small circle in the direction of Earth's rotation in space about its axis.
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Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cardinal points: 1.
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cardinal points: 1.