Both Uses of
longitude
in
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a VERY good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) '—yes, that's about the right distance—but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?'†
Chpt 1
- Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.†
Chpt 1 *
Definition:
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(longitude) a measure of east/west (relative to the Prime Meridian) on the earth -- calculated by using imaginary vertical circles on the surface of the earth that pass through the north and south poles and at right angles to the equator