midnight line

noun

: a hypothetical line imagined as circling the earth so as to pass over every locality exactly at midnight

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“Midnight line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midnight%20line. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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