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
By tying these small brightness changes to specific locations on the planet and analyzing them in multiple colors, scientists can reconstruct temperatures across latitude, longitude, and altitude.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
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
As far as his colleagues were concerned, his work was of marginal interest unless it could be shown to result in a method for identifying longitude.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
