Difference between revisions of "Longitude"
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| − | '''longitude''' (''pl.'' longitudes; | + | '''longitude''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' longitudes; [[Category:Biogeography term]][[:Category:Biogeography term|biogeography term]]; ''synonym:'' [[meridian]]) – virtual lines running vertically around the globe; not equidistant to one another, but intersecting at the poles. |
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Latest revision as of 02:00, 7 December 2005
longitude (noun, pl. longitudes;biogeography term; synonym: meridian) – virtual lines running vertically around the globe; not equidistant to one another, but intersecting at the poles.
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