Longitude - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈlɑːndʒɪtuːd|
Brit.
|ˈlɒŋɡɪtjuːd|
noun
- the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich
Extra examples
The regions are on roughly the same longitude.
The town lies at longitude 12° east.
...a book that makes the subject of longitude comprehensible to most laymen...
Longitude is ever measured from the intersection of the equator and ecliptic.
They were still travelling along the same line of longitude.
Word forms
noun
singular: longitude
plural: longitudes
singular: longitude
plural: longitudes
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