longitude

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
Length.

/ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtʃuːd/ /ˈlɒnɡɪtjuːd/ /ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtjuːd/ /ˈlɑnd͡ʒəˌtud/ /ˈlɔnd͡ʒəˌtud/ En-us-longitude.ogg en-GB-longitude.ogg

longitude longitudes

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).

meridian

easting equator prime meridian

celestial longitude ecliptic longitude geolongitude heliolongitude lat/lon longitude clock longitudinal palaeolongitude paleolongitude

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