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Definition of Longitude

1. Noun. The angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich.

Definition of Longitude

1. n. Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense.

Definition of Longitude

1. Noun. Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian. ¹

2. Noun. Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole. ¹

3. Noun. (archaic) Length. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Longitude

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Medical Definition of Longitude

1. 1. Length; measure or distance along the longest line; distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense. "The longitude of their cloaks." (Sir. W. Scott) "Mine [shadow] spindling into longitude immense." (Cowper) 2. The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of new York is 74 deg or 4 h. 56 min. West of Greenwich. 3. The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is 79 deg . Geocentric longitude, the longitude of a heavenly body as seen from the earth. Heliocentric longitude, the longitude of a heavenly body, as seen from the sun's center. Longitude stars, certain stars whose position is known, and the data in regard to which are used in observations for finding the longitude, as by lunar distances. Origin: F, fr. L. Longitudo, fr. Longus long. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Longitude

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"The longitude of Fort Santa Cruz was determined to be: 144° 3V 30" east, hms 9 88 38 east. See Annalen Hydrographie, 1875, p. 284, and also of geographical ..."

2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1879)
"Now, if any young readers have not studied the subject of longitude, they will find it profitable and interesting to do so, and find out about this thing. ..."

3. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"METHODS OF DETERMINING longitude.— Rough determinations of longitude, sufficiently accurate however for correcting the quantities given in the Ephemeris, ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"On the twenty-seventh parallel, the ship was in west longitude 41° 36', ... No more was observed until the twenty-third parallel at west longitude 45°, ..."

5. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1861)
"On a Method for determining longitude by means of Observations of the Moon's ... THE object of the following Tables is the determination of longitude from a ..."

6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1861)
"On a Method for determining longitude without Clock. By M. Radau. ... But it would seem to be much less- easy to find out the longitude in the case where a ..."

7. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1917)
"... in latitude fifty-six degrees north longitude eight degrees east and passing through the following positions: Latitude fifty-six degrees north longitude ..."

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