longitude

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lon·gi·tude /ˈlɒndʒɪtjuːd $ ˈlɑːndʒɪtuːd/ noun [countable, uncountable]  the distance east or west of a particular meridian (=imaginary line along the Earth’s surface from the North Pole to the South Pole), measured in degrees 经度 → latitude The town lies at longitude 12° east. 这个镇位于东经12度。 →4  See picture of 见图 GLOBE →5 see picture at 见图 earth1

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longitude• The time signals must originate from places of known latitude and longitude.• The town is at longitude 21° east.• In the course of their struggle to find longitude, scientists struck upon other discoveries that changed their view of the universe.• Perhaps there was a way to read longitude in the relative positions of the celestial bodies.Origin longitude (1300-1400) Latin longitudo “length”, from longus “long”

lon·gi·tude nounChineseSyllable  

west of or the a distance meridian line east Corpus particular (=imaginary

longitude
lon‧gi‧tude /ˈlɒndʒətjuːd, ˈlɒndʒɪtjuːd $ ˈlɑːndʒətuːd/ noun [uncountable and countable]the distance east or west of a particular meridian (=imaginary line along the Earth’s surface from the North Pole to the South Pole), measured in degrees ⇨ latitude:
    The town lies at longitude 12° east.

lon·gi·tudeBrE /ˈlɒŋɡɪtjuːd/ 🔊, /ˈlɒndʒɪtjuːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɑːndʒətuːd/ 🔊, /ˈlɔːndʒətuːd/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (abbreviation long.) the distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian, measured in degrees 经度◆the longitude of the island那座岛的经度  ➡  compare latitude (1)