longitude
English
/ˈlɒnɡɪtjuːd/, /-tʃuːd/, /ˈlɑndʒəˌtud/
noun
Definitions
- (geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
- (geography) Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
- (archaic) Length.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French longitude derived from Latin longitūdō (length, longitude, a measured length).
Origin
Latin
longitūdō
Gloss
length, longitude, a measured length
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dorsolongitudinal English
- geolongitude English
- heliolongitude English
- longitudinal English
- longitudinal wave English
- longitudinally English
- nonlongitudinal English
- palaeolongitude English
- palaeolongitudinal English
- paleolongitude English
- paleolongitudinal English
- pseudolongitudinal English
- longitūdō Latin
- longitude French
- longitud Spanish, Castilian
- longitude Portuguese
- longitud Swedish
- longitudinal Middle English
- longitude Old French
- longitud Catalan, Valencian
- lonxitude Galician
- longitudo Ido