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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An imaginary line through the Pacific Ocean roughly corresponding to 180° longitude, to the east of which, by international agreement, the calendar date is one day earlier than to the west.
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- proper noun An
imaginary line on theEarth 's surface at 180°longitude , mostly through thePacific Ocean , to theeast of which thecalendar date is oneday earlier than to thewest .
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- noun an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
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Examples
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(And you thought crossing the International Date Line was a bother.)
Wired Top Stories Randy Alfred 2010
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On Thursday, the small country of Samoa will switch sides of the International Date Line, jumping a full day ahead from Thursday to Saturday.
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Modern air travel and the International Date Line meant that I had a farewell New Year's Eve lunch overlooking Bondi Beach and New Year's Eve dinner at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., less than 24 hours later.
A Broadening of the Mind Bruce Palling 2011
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Unlike the traditional El Niño, which forms in the eastern Pacific, El Niño Modoki forms thousands of miles west near the International Date Line in the central Pacific.
Nikolas Kozloff: What's Up With Hurricanes? In an Increasingly Volatile World, It's Difficult to Say 2010
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Unlike the traditional El Niño, which forms in the eastern Pacific, El Niño Modoki forms thousands of miles west near the International Date Line in the central Pacific.
Nikolas Kozloff: What's Up With Hurricanes? In an Increasingly Volatile World, It's Difficult to Say 2010
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Finally, once everybody was aboard with all their packages, Air Force One returned to Washington, D.C. The journey home took the passengers over the International Date Line once, the equator twice, and took over 112 hours.
The Kennedy Detail Gerald Blaine 2010
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It would be 7 December in Hawaii, but further west, across the International Date Line, it would be 8 December when Japanese forces attacked on the one hand Thailand and northern Malaya, and on the other the Philippines.
Sealing Their Fate David Downing 2009
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Having crossed the International Date Line, Nagumo actually received the order to Climb Mount Niitaka on the day before it was sent–at 20.00 on 1 December.
Sealing Their Fate David Downing 2009
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Shortly thereafter the fleet crossed the International Date Line and found itself briefly returned to November.
Sealing Their Fate David Downing 2009
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He always made a point of flying along the International Date Line between Alaska and Siberia, just to let the Russkies know that he was still keeping an eye on them.
The Adventures of Supercon, part 3 Johnny Pez 2009
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