The longitude of a place is its distance to the west or east of a line passing through Greenwich. Compare latitude.
He noted the latitude and longitude, then made a mark on the admiralty chart.
Longitude is also an adjective.
A similar feature is found at 13 degrees North between 230 degrees and 250 degreeslongitude.
longitude in British English
(ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd, ˈlɒŋɡ-)
noun
1.
distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian at 0° measured by the angle between the plane of the prime meridian and that of the meridian through the point in question, or by the corresponding time difference
latitude (sense 1)
2. astronomy short for celestial longitude
Word origin
C14: from Latin longitūdō length, from longuslong1
distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured as an arc of the equator (in degrees up to 180° or by the difference in time) between the meridian passingthrough a particular place and a standard or prime meridian, usually the one passing through Greenwich, England
3. see celestial longitude Astronomy
Word origin
ME < L longitudo < longus, long1
Examples of 'longitude' in a sentence
longitude
The chronometer, incidentally, is kaput, which doesn't matter at all -- I still wouldn't be able to relate the chronometer to longitude.
Maclean, Alistair SAN ANDREAS (2001)
He noted the latitude and longitude, then made a mark on the admiralty chart, with the time and date.
Davis, John Gordon SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND (2001)
The liquid crystal display crept to latitude 51 O4" 58.23 ' north, longitude Olo 23 ' O2.22 ' east.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2001)
He spread his hand out along a longitude line, then used it to measure their distance to Lebanon.
James W. Huston FLASH POINT (2001)
In other languages
longitude
British English: longitude /ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd; ˈlɒŋɡ-/ NOUN
The longitude of a place is its distance to the west or east of a line passing through Greenwich in England.