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EtymologyModificar

From Middle English, from Latin longitūdō (“‘length, a measured length’”), from longus (“‘long’”).

PronunciationModificar

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• (RP) IPA: /ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd/, SAMPA: /"lQndZI%tju:d/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈlɑːndʒəˌtuːd/, SAMPA: /"lA:ndZ@%tu:d/
• (Australia) IPA: /ˈlɒŋgətʃuːd/, SAMPA: /"lQNg@tSu:d/

NounModificar

1. Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
2. Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.

SynonymsModificar

• (half of a great circle): meridian

Derived termsModificar

• longitudinal

See alsoModificar

• latitude
• equator
• prime meridian

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EtymologyModificar

Middle English: longitude (length, a measured length)

NounModificar

Longitude

1. Angular distance measured west or east of the Greenwich Meridian.
2. An imaginary line perpendicular to the equator, passing through the North Pole and South Pole.

SynonymsModificar

• meridiano

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