名詞 longitude:

1. the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich

1. One used to represent a unit of measurement, such as feet or minutes in latitude and longitude.
   用來(lái)代表衡量單位用來(lái)代表某一測(cè)量單位，如經(jīng)度或緯度上的英尺或分
2. The difference in longitude between two positions as a result of a movement to the west.
   經(jīng)度差因?yàn)橄蛭鞯倪\(yùn)動(dòng)而產(chǎn)生的兩個(gè)位置之間的經(jīng)度上的差別
3. Nothing make the earth seem so spacious as to have friend at a distance; they make latitude and longitude.
   沒(méi)有一件事情比得上有朋在遠(yuǎn)方更使這地球顯得如此廣大的了; 他們構(gòu)成緯度，也構(gòu)成經(jīng)度。
4. The town is at longitude 24 degrees east.
   這個(gè)鎮(zhèn)位于東經(jīng)二十四度。

lon.gi.tude

n.Abbr. long.（名詞）縮寫(xiě) long.
Angular distance on the earth`s surface, measured east or west from the prime meridian at Greenwich, England, to the meridian passing through a position, expressed in degrees (or hours), minutes, and seconds.
經(jīng)線：地球表面的成角距離，從英國(guó)格林尼治的本初子午線向東或向西至經(jīng)過(guò)某一點(diǎn)的子午線計(jì)量，以度（或小時(shí)）、分和秒表示
Celestial longitude.
黃經(jīng)

來(lái)源：
Middle English [length, a measured length]
中古英語(yǔ) [長(zhǎng)度，一般測(cè)得的長(zhǎng)度]
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin longitôdô longitôdin-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) longitôdô longitôdin-
from longus [long] * see del-
源自 longus [長(zhǎng)的] *參見(jiàn) del-