English dictionary
longitude
/'l/A/n/dZ//I/,t/u/d/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from <i>breadth</i> or <i>thickness</i>; as, the <i>longitude</i> of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense.
Source: webster1913