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longitude
[ lon-ji-tood, -tyood ]
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.
longitude
/ ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd; ˈlɒŋɡ- /
noun
- 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
- 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 .)
Word History and Origins
Origin of longitude1
Word History and Origins
Origin of longitude1
Example Sentences
The asteroid can be best seen at longitudes in Africa and Europe, but stargazers in North America might be able to catch a glimpse around dusk.
Users can add custom notes, latitude and longitude coordinates, or other data points to describe the image.
It lived at 0 degrees both latitude and longitude, a point known as “Null Island” by geocoders because it represents data that is empty, or null.
The tissue first folded itself into a spheroid with its fibers forming a pattern like lines of longitude on Earth, which are parallel near the equator but sharply change orientation as they converge at the North and South poles.
Rattray wouldn’t know it yet, but when he switched his computer on to check on her progress, he would find Serenity at almost precisely the longitude of her final destination in Farquhar Atoll.
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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