This line represents the longitude.
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Longitude
/ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtʃuːd/
Synonyms for "longitude" (144 found)
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Closest matches (29)
abscissaaeronautical chartaltitudeantarctic zoneaphelionapogeearctic circlearctic zoneastronomical chartastronomical longitudeatlasautumnal equinoxazimuthazimuthal equidistant projectionazimuthal projectioncartesian coordinatescartographercartographycelestial chartcelestial equator
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Noun(2 words)
astronomical longitudecelestial longitude
Strong matches (43)
climateclimatic chartclimecoluresconic projectioncontour linecontour mapcoordinatescylindrical coordinatescylindrical projectiondeclinationdistanceeclipticequatorequator coordinatesequinoctialequinoctial circleequinoctial colureequinoxextension
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Noun(1 words)
east west coordinate
Related words (72)
layer tintlegendlengthlengthinesslinear measureslong timelongitude in arclongnessmapmap makermap projectionmappermeasuremercator projectionmeridianmileagemiller projectionorbitordinateoverall length
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parallelperigeeperihelionperiodperpetuityphotogrammetristphotogrammetryphotomapphototopographyphysical mappolar coordinatespolitical mappolyconic projectionprime meridianprojectionreachrelief maprepresentative fractionright ascensionroad maproaring fortiesscalesinusoidal projectionsmall circlesolstitial colurespanspecial mapstretchsubtropicsterrain mapterrestrial globethe linethematic maptopographertopographic charttopographytorrid zonetrajectorytransportation maptropictropic of cancertropic of capricorntropicsvariable zonesvernal equinoxweather chartweather mapyardagezodiaczone
Noun(2 words)
lonmeridional coordinate
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesangular distancecelestial coordinategeographic coordinate
More specific
5 entriesastronomical longitudeecliptic longitudegalactic longitudegeocentric longitudegeodetic longitude
Collocations
6 entriesastronomical longitudeecliptic longitudegalactic longitudegeodetic longitudegeographic longitudeprime meridian
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Distance per degree of longitude at equator.
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This line shows the longitude.
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The International Date Line, established in 1884, passes through the mid-Pacific Ocean and roughly follows a 180 degrees longitude north-south line on the Earth.
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