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Word: Longitude
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (also denoting length and tallness): from Latin longitudo, from longus ‘long’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈlɒŋɡɪtjuːd
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈlɒn(d)ʒɪtjuːd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the angular distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes
Short Definition:angular distance of place east or west of Greenwich meridian
Examples:- at a longitude of 2° W
- lines of longitude
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