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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
longitude /ˈlɒn(d)ʒɪtjuːd, ˈlɒŋgɪ-/

▶noun the angular distance of a place east or west of a standard meridian, especially the Greenwich meridian.

– origin ME: from L. longitudo, from longus ‘long’.

'longitude' also found in these Oxford entries:

celestial longitude - departure - geographical mile - geotagging - Greenwich meridian - hour - lambda - long. - longitudinal - lunar distance - lunar observation - meridian - observation - standard time

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