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longitude
Distance measured by degrees or time east or west from the prime meridian.
🌱Checking the longitude, she was surprised to see that the tip of South America is actually east of New York City. 🌳The imaginary （but very important） lines of longitude run from the North Pole to the South Pole. Each is identified by the number of degrees it lies east or west of the so-called prime meridian in Greenwich, England （part of London）. A circle is divided into 360°; so, for example, the longitude of the Egyptian city of Cairo is about 31°E—that is, about 31° east of London. The "long" sense of the root may be easier to see in some uses of the adjective longitudinal: A longitudinal study is a research study that follows its subjects over many long years, and a longitudinal engine is one that drives a crankshaft that runs lengthwise under a vehicle （as in rear-wheel-drive cars） rather than crosswise. elongate 1、 To extend the length of; stretch.
2、 To grow in length.
🌱When mammals gained the ability to fly, it wasn't by means of feathered wings; instead, over thousands of years the digits of their "hands" elongated and a web formed between them. 🌳Elongate is often found in scientific writing, but the adjective elongated is more common, and frequently used to describe body parts in discussions of anatomy. This was even the case when the superhero Elongated Man made his appearance back in 1960. But some other characters with the same powers—Plastic Man, Elastic Lad, and Mr. Fantastic—ended up having longer careers. longueur A dull and boring portion, as of a book.
🌱She tells me the book is extremely rewarding, in spite of some longueurs during which she occasionally drops off to sleep. 🌳Longueur comes straight from French, a language based on Latin. When we borrow a foreign word, it's usually because English doesn't have a really good synonym, which is the case here. Longueur is used mostly when talking about books, but also when describing lectures and speeches. Like certain other French words, longueur tends to be used mainly by critics and professors—but lots of us who aren't either could find plenty of use for it too. oblong Longer in one direction than in the other.
🌱Their apartment was awkwardly oblong, with a long skinny hall running past the cramped rooms. 🌳Oblong is a general but useful term for describing the shape of things such as leaves. There's no such thing as an oblong circle, since a stretched circle has to be called an oval, and any rectangle that isn't square is oblong, at least if it's lying on its side （such rectangles can actually be called oblongs）. Pills are generally oblong rather than round, to slide down the throat more easily. An oblong table will often fit a living space better than a square or round one with the same area. And people are always buried in oblong boxes.
🌱Checking the longitude, she was surprised to see that the tip of South America is actually east of New York City. 🌳The imaginary （but very important） lines of longitude run from the North Pole to the South Pole. Each is identified by the number of degrees it lies east or west of the so-called prime meridian in Greenwich, England （part of London）. A circle is divided into 360°; so, for example, the longitude of the Egyptian city of Cairo is about 31°E—that is, about 31° east of London. The "long" sense of the root may be easier to see in some uses of the adjective longitudinal: A longitudinal study is a research study that follows its subjects over many long years, and a longitudinal engine is one that drives a crankshaft that runs lengthwise under a vehicle （as in rear-wheel-drive cars） rather than crosswise. elongate 1、 To extend the length of; stretch.
2、 To grow in length.
🌱When mammals gained the ability to fly, it wasn't by means of feathered wings; instead, over thousands of years the digits of their "hands" elongated and a web formed between them. 🌳Elongate is often found in scientific writing, but the adjective elongated is more common, and frequently used to describe body parts in discussions of anatomy. This was even the case when the superhero Elongated Man made his appearance back in 1960. But some other characters with the same powers—Plastic Man, Elastic Lad, and Mr. Fantastic—ended up having longer careers. longueur A dull and boring portion, as of a book.
🌱She tells me the book is extremely rewarding, in spite of some longueurs during which she occasionally drops off to sleep. 🌳Longueur comes straight from French, a language based on Latin. When we borrow a foreign word, it's usually because English doesn't have a really good synonym, which is the case here. Longueur is used mostly when talking about books, but also when describing lectures and speeches. Like certain other French words, longueur tends to be used mainly by critics and professors—but lots of us who aren't either could find plenty of use for it too. oblong Longer in one direction than in the other.
🌱Their apartment was awkwardly oblong, with a long skinny hall running past the cramped rooms. 🌳Oblong is a general but useful term for describing the shape of things such as leaves. There's no such thing as an oblong circle, since a stretched circle has to be called an oval, and any rectangle that isn't square is oblong, at least if it's lying on its side （such rectangles can actually be called oblongs）. Pills are generally oblong rather than round, to slide down the throat more easily. An oblong table will often fit a living space better than a square or round one with the same area. And people are always buried in oblong boxes.
LONG comes from Latin longus, which, as you might guess, means "long." The English word long shows up in many compound terms such as long-suffering ("patiently enduring lasting offense or hardship") and long-winded ("boringly long in speaking or writing"), but the long- root also sometimes shows up less obviously. To prolong something is to lengthen it, for example, and a chaise longue (not lounge!) is "a long reclining chair."🌸