This means that near the north or South Pole you are actually closer to the centre of the earth-where the Angle is being measured from-than you would be at the equator.

这就意味着，如果你身处南极或北极附近，你离地心的距离就比在赤道更近一些——纬度的测量就与地心有关。

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If you start from that North Pole as centre, then the circle with radius equal to a half meridian is the equator, and the area included is the northern hemisphere.

如果你以北极点为中心开始画圆，那么半径和半个子午线相等的圆周就是赤道，它包含的区域就是北半球。

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