Definitions for longitude

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longitude lon·gi·tude

Spelling: [lon-ji-tood, -tyood]

IPA: /ˈlɒn dʒɪˌtud, -ˌtyud/

Longitude is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 511 anagrams from letters in longitude (degilnotu).

Definitions for longitude

noun

1. Geography. 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. Astronomy. celestial longitude. galactic longitude.

Origin of longitude

1350-1400; Middle English Latin longitūdō length. See longi-, -tude

Examples for longitude

The Natchez are situate in about 32 odd minutes of north latitude, and 280 of longitude.

Hallo, helmsman,” he inquired, “what is your latitude and longitude?

It's four minutes difference for every degree of longitude, you know.

We were now questioned about our longitude, and whether we had a chronometer.

Halley was sent to the Cape of Good Hope to determine its longitude.

Barlee Spring is in longitude about 127 degrees 22 minutes East.

She likes to use "grand words" like latitude and longitude; her biggest fear is to appear "ignorant."

Plotted up track and took observations for time and longitude.

Or is it dinner, according to the difference of time and longitude?'

The longitude between Queens and the Kremlin gave Channel One some latitude.