longitude
Meanings
Plural: longitudes
Noun
- the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich
- Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
- Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
- Length.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).
Synonyms
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Words With Friends Score: 15
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