Longitude

Noun

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

Synonyms

 * meridian

Derived terms

 * longitudinal

Thesaurus
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Etymology
From, from longitudo:, from longus:.

Translations

 * Finnish: pituusaste, itäinen pituus, läntinen pituus
 * Greek: γεωγραφικό μήκος
 * Macedonian: географска должина
 * Manx: dowan-liurid


 * Polish: długość geograficzna
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Greek: γεωγραφικό μήκος, παράλληλοι
 * Ido:
 * Macedonian: меридијан


 * Manx: dowan-liurid
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:

Noun

 * 1) Angular distance measured west or east of the Greenwich Meridian.
 * 2) An imaginary line perpendicular to the equator, passing through the North Pole and South Pole.

Etymology
longitudo:

Synonyms

 * meridiano