longitude
/ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtʃuːd//ˈlɑnd͡ʒəˌtud/
longitude noun: angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
Noun
longitude (countable and uncountable, plural longitudes)
- Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
- But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.2012 March, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87
- Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
- Synonyms:
- meridian
- Length.
- His shoulders are remarkably sloping, giving an appearance of great longitude to his neck.1831, Francis Griffin, “Griffin's Remains”, in The American Quarterly Review, volume 10, page 504
- The floor consists of a corrugated steel section attached by welding to the body longitudes and cross members.1958 April, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 276
longitude meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
longitude in Hindi
- angular distance
- देशांतर deśāntar, देशान्तर deśāntar
- imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole
- देशांतर deśāntar, देशान्तर deśāntar
longitude in Tamil
- நெட்டாங்கு, நில நிரைக்கோடு, நில நீள்கோடு, நிலநெடுங்கோடு, தீர்க்கரேகை, நெடுங்கோடு
longitude in Marathi
- रेखांश, द्राघिमांश
longitude in Urdu
- لمبائی, طول
More languagesFewer languages
- longitude in Bengali
- দ্রাঘিমা, দেশান্তর
- longitude in Telugu
- రేఖాంశము rēkhāṁśamu
- longitude in Malayalam
- രേഖാംശം
- longitude in Kannada
- ಉದ್ದಬಳಸುಗೆರೆ, ರೇಖಾಂಶ
- longitude in Gujarati
- રેખાંશ rekhā̃ś
- longitude in Odia
- ଦ୍ରାଘିମା, ଦ୍ରାଘିମାଂଶ
- longitude in Nepali
- द्राघिमांश, रेखांश
- longitude in Tagalog
- antasligid
- longitude in Arabic
- خَطّ طُول ḵaṭṭ ṭūl
- longitude in Malay
- garisan bujur
- longitude in Vietnamese
- kinh độ
Examples of longitude in a sentence
- The longitude of the comet is not usually specified at a particular epoch.
- This is quite easy to find by taking your longitude and dividing it by fifteen.
- Galileo had designed a special navigation helmet for finding longitude with the Jovian satellites.
Synonyms of longitude
Forms of longitude
| plural | longitudes |
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Origin of longitude
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).
Words formed from longitude
Phrases with longitude
Questions about longitude
- What does longitude mean?
- Longitude means angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
- What is longitude in Hindi?
- Longitude in Hindi is देशांतर (deśāntar), देशान्तर (deśāntar). See Longitude meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is longitude?
- Longitude is a noun.
- How do you pronounce longitude?
- Longitude is pronounced /ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtʃuːd/.
- What is the plural of longitude?
- The plural of longitude is longitudes.
Words near longitude in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: longitude (page history and authors); longitude (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); longitude (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); longitude (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); longitude (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); longitude (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); longitude (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); રેખાંશ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); longitude (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); longitude (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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