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longitude

Pronunciation: /ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtʃuːd/

The English word “longitude” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
  2. Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
  3. Length.

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).

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