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longitude

[ lon-ji-tood, -tyood ]

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noun

Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
Astronomy.
1. celestial longitude.
2. galactic longitude.

longitude

/ ˈlɒŋɡ-; ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd /

See latitude
distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian at 0° measured by the angle between the plane of the prime meridian and that of the meridian through the point in question, or by the corresponding time difference See latitude
See celestial longitude
astronomy short for celestial longitude

longitude

/ lŏn′jĭ-to̅o̅d′ /

A measure of relative position east or west on the Earth's surface, given in degrees from a certain meridian, usually the prime meridian at Greenwich, England, which has a longitude of 0°. The distance of a degree of longitude is about 69 statute miles or 60 nautical miles (111 km) at the equator, decreasing to zero at the poles. Longitude and latitude are the coordinates used to identify any point on the Earth's surface.
Compare latitude
Celestial longitude.

longitude

A measurement, in degrees , of a place's distance east or west of the prime meridian , which runs through Greenwich , England . ( Compare latitude .)

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin longitūdō length. See longi-, -tude

C14: from Latin longitūdō length, from longus long ¹

The longitude between Queens and the Kremlin gave Channel One some latitude.

She likes to use "grand words" like latitude and longitude; her biggest fear is to appear "ignorant."

Its habitat in Australia is known to extend as wide as twenty-four degrees of latitude, and twenty-six degrees of longitude.

The longitude of the south-west end of this island is by Captain Flinders' observation in 150 degrees 13 minutes East.

Croton quadripartitum, Labill., was observed in longitude 148 degrees.

It was seen in the latitude and longitude of an island visited by Drake, marked in the old charts.

The late Board of Longitude was another source of patronage, which, although now abolished, it may be useful to hint at.

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