correction line

English

A diagram of Canada’s w:Dominion Land Survey, showing a correction line.

Etymology

From correction +‎ line.

Noun

correction line (plural correction lines)

  1. (Canada) A place where a north–south grid road jogs to correct for the northward convergence of meridians.
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