longitude

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

noun the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).

Do you know what the longitude is? — The Journal to Stella, Jonathan Swift
In Latitude 47° 24′ and Longitude 17° 28′ 21. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
An' I'm supposed to give the longitude every noon. — "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea, Morgan Robertson

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