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1. (n.) longitude
angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, as measured, usu. in degrees, from the meridian of some particular place to the prime meridian at Greenwich, England.
2. longitude
the angular distance of a celestial point from the great circle that is perpendicular to the ecliptic at the vernal equinox, measured through 360° eastward parallel to the ecliptic.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L longitūdō length. See longi -, -tude)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) longitude
the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich
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1. (noun) longitude
length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense
2. (noun) longitude
the arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74¡ or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich.
3. (noun) longitude
the distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is 79¡.
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Sense: the distance, measured in degrees on the map, that a place is east or west of a standard north-south line, usually that which passes through Greenwich
What is the latitude and longitude of that town?
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 Afrikaans: lengtegraad |
 Arabic: خَط الطّول |
 Bulgarian: географска дължина |
 Brazilian: longitude |
 Czech: zeměpisná délka |
 German: geographische Länge |
 Danish: længde; længdegrad |
 Greek: γεωγραφικό μηκός |
 Spanish: longitud |
 Estonian: pikkuskraad |
 Farsi: طول جغرافیایی |
 Finnish: pituusaste |
 French: longitude |
 Hebrew: קַו אוֹרֶך גֵיאוֹגרָפִי |
 Hindi: देशांतर, रेखाशं |
 Croatian: zemljopisna dužina |
 Hungarian: (földrajzi) hosszúság |
 Indonesian: garis lintang |
 Icelandic: lengd |
 Italian: longitudine |
 Japanese: 経度 |
 Korean: 경도 |
 Lithuanian: ilguma |
 Latvian: (ģeogr.) garums |
 Malay: garisan bujur |
 Dutch: longitude |
 Norwegian: lengde |
 Polish: długość geograficzna |
 Persian: طول جغرافیایی |
 Pashto: جغرافيايى واټن |
 Portuguese: longitude |
 Romanian: longitudine |
 Russian: долгота |
 Slovak: (zemepisná) dĺžka |
 Slovenian: zemljepisna dolžina |
 Serbian: geografska dužina |
 Swedish: longitud, längdgrad |
 Thai: เส้นแวง |
 Turkish: boylam |
 Taiwanese: 經度 |
 Ukrainian: довгота |
 Urdu: کسی معلومہ مقام مثلا گرین |
 Vietnamese: kinhđộ |
 Chinese: 经度 |
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