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語源

From 中期英語, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand)
  • (yod-coalescence) IPA: /ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtʃuːd/
  • (non-yod-coalescence) IPA: /ˈlɒnɡɪtjuːd/
  • (more traditional) IPA: /ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtjuːd/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈlɑnd͡ʒəˌtud/, /ˈlɔnd͡ʒəˌtud/

名詞

longitude (countable and uncountable, plural longitudes)

1. (geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.

   Coordinate term: latitude

   • 2012 March, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, page 87:

     But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.

2. (geography, astronomy) Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.

   Synonym: meridian

3. (archaic) Length.
   • 1831, Francis Griffin, “Griffin's Remains”, in The American Quarterly Review, volume 10, page 504:

     His shoulders are remarkably sloping, giving an appearance of great longitude to his neck.

   • 1958 April, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 276:

     The floor consists of a corrugated steel section attached by welding to the body longitudes and cross members.

派生語

参考

• easting
• equator
• prime meridian