Definition:West (Terrestrial)

Definition

West is the direction on (or near) Earth's surface along the small circle in the opposite direction from Earth's rotation in space about its axis.

Also see

• Definition:Cardinal Directions:

• Definition:East

• Definition:North
• Definition:South

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cardinal points: 1.
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cardinal points: 1.