Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body.

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LONGITUDE definition: 1. the distance of a place east or west of an imaginary line between the North Pole and the South…. Learn more.

The meaning of LONGITUDE is angular distance measured on a great circle of reference from the intersection of the adopted zero meridian with this reference ...

noun · A measure of relative position east or west on the Earth's surface, given in degrees from a certain meridian, usually the prime meridian at Greenwich, ...

13 авг. 2015 г. · Lines of longitude are also called meridians. Line of latitude are also called parallels.

Longitude refers to the imaginary lines that bisect the globe through the North and South Poles (the ones that run vertically)

longitude in American English · 1. length · 2. distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured as an arc of the equator (in degrees up to 180° or by the ...

Synonyms: longitude in arc, longitude in time, celestial longitude, distance Collocations, measure Collocations, line of longitude, meridian, position ...