wěi
Traditional: 緯
纬 (wěi) is a Chinese word meaning “latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft”.
Meanings
- 1latitude
- 2woof (horizontal thread in weaving)
- 3weft
Related words
北纬north latitude纬度latitude南纬south latitude纬线woof经纬warp and woof经纬线lines of latitude and longitude高纬度high latitude (i.e. near the poles)地心纬度geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth)地理纬度geographic latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and the normal to the reference ellipsoid)纬圈line of latitude纬纱woof (horizontal thread in weaving)纬线圈line of latitude