longitude
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The globe had been cut in half while he worked on it, and he held his breath as he put the two sides together—praying that the countries, latitude and longitude lines would match.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
Stretching 5000km along the Indian Ocean's 90-degree east longitude and nearly matching the length of North America's Rocky Mountains, the ridge offers crucial new insights into the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates.
From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024
At 105 degrees West longitude, an active satellite might see a piece of junk come within 50km of its position up to four times a day.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024
The exact figure depends on other factors, such as the latitude and longitude of the observer, the time of day, and so on.
From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2023
This could have been the forerunner of the kind of chronometer that would have been accurate and dependable enough to determine longitude at sea, and Hooke claimed to have worked out how to achieve this.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing longitude
Physical Geography - Introductory
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