longitude

名词 longitude:

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

1. One used to represent a unit of measurement, such as feet or minutes in latitude and longitude.
   用来代表衡量单位用来代表某一测量单位，如经度或纬度上的英尺或分
2. The difference in longitude between two positions as a result of a movement to the west.
   经度差因为向西的运动而产生的两个位置之间的经度上的差别
3. Nothing make the earth seem so spacious as to have friend at a distance; they make latitude and longitude.
   没有一件事情比得上有朋在远方更使这地球显得如此广大的了; 他们构成纬度，也构成经度。
4. The town is at longitude 24 degrees east.
   这个镇位于东经二十四度。

lon.gi.tude

n.Abbr. long.（名词）缩写 long.
Angular distance on the earth`s surface, measured east or west from the prime meridian at Greenwich, England, to the meridian passing through a position, expressed in degrees (or hours), minutes, and seconds.
经线：地球表面的成角距离，从英国格林尼治的本初子午线向东或向西至经过某一点的子午线计量，以度（或小时）、分和秒表示
Celestial longitude.
黄经

来源：
Middle English [length, a measured length]
中古英语 [长度，一般测得的长度]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin longitôdô longitôdin-
源自 拉丁语 longitôdô longitôdin-
from longus [long] * see del-
源自 longus [长的] *参见 del-