LONGITUDE


Meaning of LONGITUDE in English

/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 degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.

2. Astron.

a. See celestial longitude .

b. See galactic longitude .

[ 1350-1400; ME longitudo length. See LONGI-, -TUDE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .