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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=geodesy">geodesy</a> and <a href="page.php?w=navigation">navigation</a>, a <b>meridian arc</b> is the <a href="page.php?w=curve_%28geometry%29">curve</a> between two points near the Earth's surface having the same <a href="page.php?w=longitude">longitude</a>. The term may refer either to a <a href="page.php?w=arc_%28geometry%29">segment</a> of the <a href="page.php?w=meridian_%28geography%29">meridian</a>, or to its <a href="page.php?w=Arc_length">length</a>. Both the practical determination of meridian arcs (employing</p><p>
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