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Plural of longitude

regular plural

The plural of longitude is longitudes.

Forms of longitude

Singularlongitude /ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtʃuːd/
Plurallongitudes
Countablecountable and uncountable

Longitudes in a sentence

  • 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
  • Peters, viz.: that the instrument used for the longitudes of the original catalogue was graduated differently to that used for the latitudes.1915, Edward Knobel, Ptolemy's Catalogue of Stars – A Revision of the Almagest, page 14 (showing that "to" was used by an Englishman in…. From the entry different

Meaning of longitude

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

Full definition of longitude

Questions about the plural of longitude

What is the plural of longitude?
The plural of longitude is longitudes.
Is longitude countable?
Longitude is a countable and uncountable noun.

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