| 词汇 | longitude |
| 释义 | longitudeWord family adjectivelongitudinaladverblongitudinallynounlongitude Geography lon·gi·tude /ˈlɒndʒɪtjuːd $ ˈlɑːndʒɪtuːd/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] the distance east or west of a particular meridian (=imaginary line along the Earth’s surface from the North Pole to the South Pole), measured in degrees 经度 → latitude The town lies at longitude 12° east. →5 see picture at 见图 earth1 这个镇位于东经12度。 Examples from the Corpus longitude• The time signals must originate from places of known latitude and longitude.• The town is at longitude 21° east.• In the course of their struggle to find longitude, scientists struck upon other discoveries that changed their view of the universe.• Perhaps there was a way to read longitude in the relative positions of the celestial bodies. (1300-1400) Latin longitudo “length”, from longus “long” |
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