LONGITUDE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator
   Synonym(s)
   • line of longitude (what does line of longitude mean?)
   • meridian (what does meridian mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • all points on the same meridian have the same longitude
   Hypernyms(s) longitude is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • great circle (what does great circle mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • observer’s meridian (what does observer’s meridian mean?)
   • prime meridian (what does prime meridian mean?)
   • magnetic meridian (what does magnetic meridian mean?)
   • dateline (what does dateline mean?)
   • date line (what does date line mean?)
   • International Date Line (what does International Date Line mean?)