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longitude

noun
/ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtʃuːd//ˈlɑnd͡ʒəˌtud/US

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).

  1. derived from longitūdō
  2. derived from longitude

Definitions

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

    • 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. Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing…

    Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.

  3. Length.

    • His shoulders are remarkably sloping, giving an appearance of great longitude to his neck.
    • The floor consists of a corrugated steel section attached by welding to the body longitudes and cross members.

The neighborhood

Derived

celestial longitude, ecliptic longitude, geolongitude, heliolongitude, lat/lon, longitude clock, longitudinal, palaeolongitude, paleolongitude

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at longitude. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at longitude. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at longitude

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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