In a sentence
Six example sentences with longitude, each labelled with its topic.
Crossing the Pacific we gained a day, since the date line follows one longitude with a few political wiggles.
Travel
Sailors could fix latitude with a noon sighting, but longitude waited for a clock that kept time at sea.
Science
The app stores each photo's latitude and longitude so you can later map exactly where the shot happened.
Technology
Parliament offered a prize for a way to find longitude at sea, and a clockmaker named Harrison eventually claimed it.
History
The tagged whale swam across forty degrees of longitude in a single season, from the Azores to the Caribbean.
Environment
The flight simulator shows your longitude in the corner, and crossing the meridian at Greenwich unlocks a small badge.
Gaming
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