longitude

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for longitude

longitude 🔊 /lɑˈnʤʌtuˌd/

longitude : දේශාංශය

longitude : අයනාංශකය

longitude : දේශාන්තර රේඛාව

longitude : යාම්‍යෝජිත්තර වෘත්ත

longitude : දේශාංශකය

longitude : ධෘවකය

longitude definition

Noun.

  1. 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.
  2. 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 miNoun. west of Greenwich.
  3. 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¡.