Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
Länge, geographische Länge
долгота́dolgotá
довгота́dovhotá
the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich
(countable, uncountable)Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
geographische Länge, Längengrad
меридиа́нmeridián, долгота́dolgotá
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Length.
Examples
4 sentencesDistance per degree of longitude at equator.
This line represents the longitude.
deDiese Linie stellt den Längengrad dar. — Esperantostern
This line shows the longitude.
Longitude is measured from Greenwich.
ruДолгота измеряется от Гринвича. — Wezel
deDen Längengrad zählt man von Greenwich aus. — Espi
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, aFrom Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).
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Forms
plural: longitudes| Singular | longitude |
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Synonyms
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12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable