英语词汇“longitude”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

longitude

/ˈlɒŋɡɪtjuːd

/ /ˈlɒn(d)ʒɪtjuːd

noun

The angular distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes: at a longitude of 2° W [mass noun]: lines of longitude...

Firstly, remember that your longitude is the angular distance West of the Greenwich meridian.
Every four minutes of difference would indicate 1 degree of longitude to the east or the west.
Not by accident, he used Harrison's chronometer and lunar distances to calculate longitudes accurately.

Origin

Late Middle English (also denoting length and tallness): from Latin longitudo, from longus 'long'.

单词	longitude
释义	longitude /ˈlɒŋɡɪtjuːd / /ˈlɒn(d)ʒɪtjuːd / noun The angular distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes: at a longitude of 2° W [mass noun]: lines of longitude... Firstly, remember that your longitude is the angular distance West of the Greenwich meridian. Every four minutes of difference would indicate 1 degree of longitude to the east or the west. Not by accident, he used Harrison's chronometer and lunar distances to calculate longitudes accurately. Origin Late Middle English (also denoting length and tallness): from Latin longitudo, from longus 'long'.
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