longitude
About 1.71 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
- noun Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
- noun Length.
Similar words
meridian line of longitude east latitude long length longitudinal longueur longtitude antimeridian
Often followed by
of and is at from in by to are
Word family
longitudes
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