[ 'lɒn(d)ʒɪtju:d , 'lɒŋgɪ- ]
■ noun the angular distance of a place east or west of a standard meridian, especially the Greenwich meridian.
Origin
ME: from L. longitudo , from longus 'long'.
[ 'lɒn(d)ʒɪtju:d , 'lɒŋgɪ- ]
■ noun the angular distance of a place east or west of a standard meridian, especially the Greenwich meridian.
Origin
ME: from L. longitudo , from longus 'long'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004