longitude
Kelime Anlamı :
1. boylam.
2. boylama.
3. tul dairesi.
4. (isim) boylam.
5. BOYLAM AÇISI: Arzın merkezinden, bir meridyen düzlemi ile, genel olarak, doğuya veya batıya doğru 180 derece ölçülen ve Greenwich'den geçen başlangıç meridyeni gibi, belirli bir meridyen düzlemi arasında teşekkül eden açı.
Tanımlar :
1.
angular distance on the earth's surface, measured east or west from the prime meridian at greenwich, england, to the meridian passing through a position, expressed in degrees (or hours), minutes, and seconds.
2. celestial longitude.
2. celestial longitude.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
2. any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the north pole and south pole.
3. length.
2. any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the north pole and south pole.
3. length.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
2. length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from
3. the arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from greenwich, england, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from washington or paris. the longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time
4. the distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated.
5.
2. length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from
3. the arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from greenwich, england, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from washington or paris. the longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time
4. the distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated.
5.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
length; measure along the longest line.
2. in geography, the angle at the pole contained between two meridians, one of which, called the first or prime meridian, passes through some conventional point from which the angle is measured.
3. in astronomy, the arc of the ecliptic measured eastward from the vernal equinoctial point to the foot of the circle of latitude drawn through the object, as a star or other point on the sphere whose position is in question. see circle of latitudes, under circle.
2. in geography, the angle at the pole contained between two meridians, one of which, called the first or prime meridian, passes through some conventional point from which the angle is measured.
3. in astronomy, the arc of the ecliptic measured eastward from the vernal equinoctial point to the foot of the circle of latitude drawn through the object, as a star or other point on the sphere whose position is in question. see circle of latitudes, under circle.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia