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Definition of Line of longitude
1. Noun. An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator. "All points on the same meridian have the same longitude"
Generic synonyms: Great Circle
Specialized synonyms: Observer's Meridian, Prime Meridian, Magnetic Meridian
Specialized synonyms: Date Line, Dateline, International Date Line
Derivative terms: Meridional
Lexicographical Neighbors of Line Of Longitude
Literary usage of Line of longitude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Treatise of the Application of Trigonometry to Orthographic by John Farrar (1840)
"For the line of longitude, divide AH into sixty equal parts, and through each of
these points draw lines parallel to the radius AC, and meeting the arc AE. ..."
2. The Middle Period, 1817-1858 by John William Burgess (1897)
"... thence the line of longitude to the Red River, thence up the course of the
Red River to the one-hundredth parallel of longitude from London, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United by Cutler McAllister (1859)
"the line of latitude to the springs, and thence leaving that line, to adopt the
line of longitude from that point to the mouth of the San Lorenzo creek. 2. ..."
4. Geometrical and Graphical Essays: Containing a General Description of the by George Adams (1813)
"The graduated line of chords is necessary, in order to shew the latitudes ; the
line of longitude shews the quantity of a degree on each parallel in ..."
5. A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of by Charles Hutton (1815)
"... will give the divisions of the line of longitude. If this line be laid upon
the scale close to the line of chords, both inverted, so that 60° in the ..."
6. A complete epitome of practical navigation by John William Norie (1839)
"If this line be laid upon the scale close to the une of chords, so that 60 on
the line of longitude be opposite о on the chords, and any degree of latitude ..."
7. Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors and Intended to be the Text-book by Samuel Webber (1801)
"Solution by the Line of Longitude. Opposite to 44-^ zr the latitude on the line
of chords, ands 43 on the line of longitude,, which is, therefore, ..."
8. A Course of Mathematics: Containing the Principles of Plane Trigonometry by Jeremiah Day (1854)
"The line of Longitude is intended to show the number of geographical miles in a
degree of longitude, at different distances from the equator. ..."
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