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lon·gi·tude
 longitude
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- pronunciation:
- lan
jih
tud
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distance on the earth's surface east or west of an imaginary line on the globe that goes from the north pole to the south pole and passes through Greenwich, England. Longitude is usually measured in degrees.
The lines that go up and down on a globe are lines that show degrees of longitude.
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