geodetic longitude

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The angular distance between the prime meridian and another meridian passing through a point on the Earth's surface. Because the vertex of the angle is the center of the Earth, the same as for geocentric longitude, the value is the same for both types of longitude. Compare geocentric longitude.

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Words nearby geodetic longitude

geodesic dome, geodesic line, geodesy, geodetic, geodetic latitude, geodetic longitude, geodetic survey, geodetic surveying, Geodimeter, geodome, geoduck

How to use geodetic longitude in a sentence

The longitude between Queens and the Kremlin gave Channel One some latitude.
From Moscow to Queens, Down Sergei Dovlatov Way|Daniel Genis|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She likes to use "grand words" like latitude and longitude; her biggest fear is to appear "ignorant."
Alice, Bratty in Wonderland|Nicole LaPorte|February 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Its habitat in Australia is known to extend as wide as twenty-four degrees of latitude, and twenty-six degrees of longitude.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
The longitude of the south-west end of this island is by Captain Flinders' observation in 150 degrees 13 minutes East.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King

Croton quadripartitum, Labill., was observed in longitude 148 degrees.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
It was seen in the latitude and longitude of an island visited by Drake, marked in the old charts.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
The late Board of Longitude was another source of patronage, which, although now abolished, it may be useful to hint at.
Decline of Science in England|Charles Babbage