Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Length.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Distance per degree of longitude at equator.

  2. This line represents the longitude.

    deDiese Linie stellt den Längengrad dar. — Esperantostern

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  3. This line shows the longitude.

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  4. Longitude is measured from Greenwich.

    ruДолгота измеряется от Гринвича. — Wezel

    deDen Längengrad zählt man von Greenwich aus. — Espi

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
angular distance:
Русский
By meaning 2
angular distance:
imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
angular distance:
imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole:

Origin

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).

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