Longitude

(noun.) the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich.

阿黛尔编辑

• I have not got the ship's journal to refer to, and I cannot now call to mind the latitude and longitude. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• And when we come to speak of beauty, this sea is no more to be compared to Tahoe than a meridian of longitude is to a rainbow. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The captain having been at Tonquin, was, in his return to England, driven north-eastward to the latitude of 44 degrees, and longitude of 143. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• A mere matter, for the most part, of latitude and longitude, and geographical position, acting with natural temperament. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The true heliocentric longitude was given as 326° 32' for January 1, 1847. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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