degrees of longitude

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• Longitude — Lon gi*tude, n. [F., fr. L. longitudo, fr. longus long.] 1. Length; measure or distance along the longest line; distinguished from {breadth} or {thickness}; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense. Sir H. Wotton. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Longitude stars — Longitude Lon gi*tude, n. [F., fr. L. longitudo, fr. longus long.] 1. Length; measure or distance along the longest line; distinguished from {breadth} or {thickness}; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense. Sir H.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• longitude — [län′jə to͞od΄, län′jətyo͞od΄; lôn′jə to͞od΄, lôn′jə tyo͞od΄] n. [ME < L longitudo < longus, LONG1] 1. length 2. distance east or west on the earth s surface, measured as an arc of the equator (in degrees up to 180° or by the difference in… …   English World dictionary

• Longitude — For Dava Sobel s book about John Harrison, see Longitude (book). For the adaptation of Sobel s book, see Longitude (TV series). Map of Earth Longitude (λ) Lines of longitude appear vertical with varying curvature in this projection, but are… …   Wikipedia

• longitude — [[t]lɒ̱nʤɪtjuːd, AM tuːd[/t]] longitudes N VAR The longitude of a place is its distance to the west or east of a line passing through Greenwich. Compare latitude. He noted the latitude and longitude, then made a mark on the admiralty chart. ADJ:… …   English dictionary

• longitude — n. at a longitude (at a longitude of ten degrees west) * * * [ lɒndʒɪtjuːd] at a longitude (at a longitude of ten degrees west) …   Combinatory dictionary

• Longitude of the ascending node — The longitude of the ascending node (☊ or Ω) is one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in space. It is the angle from a reference direction, called the origin of longitude , to the direction of the ascending node,… …   Wikipedia

• longitude — /lon ji toohd , tyoohd /, n. 1. Geog. 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 …   Universalium

• longitude — UK [ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd] / UK [ˈlɒŋɡɪˌtjuːd] / US [ˈlɑndʒɪˌtud] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms longitude : singular longitude plural longitudes the distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian (= an imaginary line from the top of the Earth… …   English dictionary

• longitude —   the angular distance east or west of the prime meridian on any meridian. Joining points of the same angle on all the meridians creates a line of longitude encircling the globe. Measured in degrees, minutes and seconds. Excellent explanation… …   Geography glossary

• longitude — lon|gi|tude [ˈlɔndʒıtju:d US ˈla:ndʒıtu:d] n [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: longitudo length , from longus long ] the distance east or west of a particular ↑meridian (=imaginary line along the Earth s surface from the North Pole to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English