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Longitude
Longitude
n.
Length
;
measure
or
distance
along
the
longest
line
;
distinguished
from
breadth
or
thickness
; as,
the
longitude
of a
room
;
rare
now
,
except
in a
humorous
sense
.
Longitude
n.
The
arc
or
portion
of
the
equator
intersected
between
the
meridian
of a
given
place
and
the
meridian
of
some
other
place
from
which
longitude
is
reckoned
, as
from
Greenwich
,
England
, or
sometimes
from
the
capital
of a
country
, as
from
Washington
or
Paris
.
The
longitude
of a
place
is
expressed
either
in
degrees
or in
time
; as,
that
of
New
York
is 74¡ or 4 h. 56
min
.
west
of
Greenwich
.
Longitude
n.
The
distance
in
degrees
,
reckoned
from
the
vernal
equinox
, on
the
ecliptic
, to a
circle
at
right
angles
to
the
ecliptic
passing
through
the
heavenly
body
whose
longitude
is
designated
; as,
the
longitude
of
Capella
is 79¡.
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