Associations to the word «Longitude»
Noun
- Bearing
- Accuracy
- Lat
- Placement
- Reef
- Galileo
- Bayer
- Astronomy
- Quadrant
- Determination
- Promontory
- Sinus
- Neptune
- Magnetism
- Geo
- Globe
- National
- Zodiac
- Circumference
- Discrepancy
- Moon
- Satellite
- Inclination
- Mariner
- Second
- Harrison
- North
- Variation
- Zone
- Venus
- Perturbation
- Kilometer
- Anchorage
- Voyage
- Meteorology
- Admiralty
- Error
- Surveying
- Peoples
- Correction
- Radius
- Rectangle
- Geographer
- Lie
- Shetland
- Angle
- Sphere
- Utc
- Mean
- Archipelago
- Axis
- South
- Celestial
- Batavia
- Anomaly
- Bureau
- Fixing
- Measurement
- Mile
- Precision
Adjective
Wiktionary
LONGITUDE, noun. Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
LONGITUDE, noun. Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
LONGITUDE, noun. (archaic) Length.
Dictionary definition
LONGITUDE, noun. The angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich.
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