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Greenwich

[ grin-ij, -ich, gren- gren-ich, grin-, green-wich ]

noun

  1. a borough in SE London, England: located on the prime meridian from which geographic longitude is measured; formerly the site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
  2. a town in SW Connecticut.
  3. Informal. Greenwich Time.


Greenwich

/ ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ; -ɪtʃ; ˈɡrɛn- /

noun

  1. a Greater London borough on the Thames: site of a Royal Naval College (now used as the National Maritime Museum), including Inigo Jones’ Queen’s House (1617), and of the original Royal Observatory designed by Christopher Wren (1675), accepted internationally as the prime meridian of longitude since 1884, and the basis of Greenwich Mean Time; also site of the Millennium Dome. Pop: 223 700 (2003 est). Area: 46 sq km (18 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Greenwich

  1. Part of metropolitan London , in southeastern England .
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Notes

The prime meridian , which is the meridian designated zero degrees longitude , runs through Greenwich; Greenwich Mean Time is the mean (usual) time in Greenwich. All other time is measured in relation to it.
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Investigators discovered Saadi had an interest in true crime and was studying criminology and criminal psychology at the University of Greenwich.

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The criminology student at the University of Greenwich had collected knives and researched locations to carry out the killing, the court was told.

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"This is an excellent chance to go out, look – safely – and to be able to see the movement of the solar system for yourself," said said Anna Gammon-Ross, Senior Planetarium Astronomer at Royal Museums Greenwich.

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It was also discovered that Saadi, a criminology student at the University of Greenwich, had an interest in true crime and had bought multiple knives online.

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Ofwat and the industry have previously denied the figure– which comes from University of Greenwich research – is as high, but there is agreement that significant investment is required.

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