longitude

['lɔndʒitju:d]

n. 经度

例句与用法:

One used to represent a unit of measurement, such as feet or minutes in latitude and longitude.

用来代表衡量单位用来代表某一测量单位,如经度或纬度上的英尺或分

The difference in longitude between two positions as a result of a movement to the west.

经度差因为向西的运动而产生的两个位置之间的经度上的差别

Nothing make the earth seem so spacious as to have friend at a distance; they make latitude and longitude.

没有一件事情比得上有朋在远方更使这地球显得如此广大的了; 他们构成纬度,也构成经度。

The town is at longitude 24 degrees east.

这个镇位于东经二十四度。

详细释义:

n.

经度[U][C]

The line of zero degree longitude passes through Greenwich.

零度经线穿过格林威治。