LONGITUDE


Meaning of LONGITUDE in English

[ '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'.

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