lon·gi·tude
(lŏnji-td′, -tyd′, lôn-)
(lŏnji-td′, -tyd′, lôn-)n.
1. 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.
2. Celestial longitude.
[Middle English, length, a measured length, fromOld French, fromLatinlongitūdō, longitūdin-, fromlongus, long; see del-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
longitude- infant baptism
- infante
- infanticidal
- infanticide
- infantile
- infantile paralysis
- infantilism
- infantilization
- infantilize
- infantine
- infantry
- infantry fighting vehicle
- infantryman
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- infarct
- infarcted
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- infatuate
- infatuated
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- infatuation
- infauna
- infaunal
- in favor of
- infeasibility