line of longitude中文什么意思

经度线

• line:    vt. 交尾。
• longitude:    n. 1.经度，经线 〔cf. la ...
• longitude line:    等经度线; 经线

例句与用法

1. Geographic axis : man - made arbitrary north - south fixed reference that determines lines of longitude and latitude , and the geographic north and south poles
   地理轴：人们制定的北南固定的参考，它们测定经纬线以及地理北极和南极。
2. Lines of longitude are measured in degrees east or west of the prime meridian , which runs through greenwich in london , while lines of latitude are given in degrees north of south of the equator
   穿过伦敦格林尼治的经线叫做本初子午线（ 0度经线） ，经度以东西距离这条经线多少度来计算，而纬度以离赤道南北多少度来计算。

英文释义

名词

1. 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"
   同义词：meridian