纬

wěi

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Definitions

1. latitude
2. woof (horizontal thread in weaving)
3. weft

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Words Containing 纬

• 经纬 经纬 jīng wěi: warp and woof
• 纬度 纬度 wěi dù: latitude
• 北纬 北纬 běi wěi: north latitude
• 南纬 南纬 nán wěi: south latitude
• 地心纬度 地心纬度 dì xīn wěi dù: geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth)
• 地理纬度 地理纬度 dì lǐ wěi dù: geographic latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and the normal to the reference ellipsoid)
• 经纬仪 经纬仪 jīng wěi yí: theodolite
• 经纬密度 经纬密度 jīng wěi mì dù: (textiles) thread count
• 经纬线 经纬线 jīng wěi xiàn: lines of latitude and longitude
• 纬圈 纬圈 wěi quān: line of latitude
• 纬纱 纬纱 wěi shā: woof (horizontal thread in weaving)
• 纬线 纬线 wěi xiàn: woof
• 纬线圈 纬线圈 wěi xiàn quān: line of latitude
• 纬锦 纬锦 wěi jǐn: woof brocade
• 蒋纬国 蒋纬国 jiǎng wěi guó: Chiang Wei-kuo (1916-1997), adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
• 谶纬 谶纬 chèn wěi: divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220)
• 高纬度 高纬度 gāo wěi dù: high latitude (i.e. near the poles)