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- [lon-ji-tood, -tyood]
- /ˈlɒn dʒɪˌtud, -ˌtyud/
- /ˈlɒn.dʒɪ.tjuːd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lon-ji-tood, -tyood]
- /ˈlɒn dʒɪˌtud, -ˌtyud/
Definitions of longitude word
- noun longitude Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time. 1
- noun longitude Astronomy. celestial longitude. galactic longitude. 1
- noun longitude The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. 1
- noun longitude position east or west 1
- variable noun longitude The longitude of a place is its distance to the west or east of a line passing through Greenwich. Compare latitude. 0
- variable noun longitude Longitude is also an adjective. 0
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Origin of longitude
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin longitūdō length. See longi-, -tude
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Parts of speech for Longitude
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
longitude popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for longitude
noun longitude
- period — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- breadth — The breadth of something is the distance between its two sides.
- term — a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
- mileage — the aggregate number of miles traveled over in a given time.
- span — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
Antonyms for longitude
noun longitude
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- office — Microsoft Office
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
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