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経度 (けいど, keido) Japanese meaning: longitude | Kotomora

経けい度ど

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Meanings

1

Geographic coordinate; often contrasted with 緯度 (latitude).

See also: 緯度

この地ち点てんの経けい度どは東とう経けい135度どです。

The longitude of this point is 135 degrees east.

経けい度どと緯い度どを地ち図ずで確かく認にんしてください。

Please check the longitude and latitude on the map.

Usage patterns

経けい度ど〈数すう〉度どa longitude of ~ degrees
この地ち点てんの経けい度どは東とう経けい139度どです。
This location has a longitude of 139 degrees east.
経けい度どを測そく定ていするto measure the longitude
船せん員いんたちは正せい確かくな経けい度どを測そく定ていする方ほう法ほうを探さがしていた。
The sailors were searching for a way to measure longitude accurately.

Kanji

経sutra, longitude, pass thru
度degrees, occurrence, time

Opposites

緯い度どN2
経度 is the east-west coordinate (longitude), while 緯度 is the north-south coordinate (latitude); together they pinpoint a location.

Don't confuse with

軽けい度ど
軽度 (mild degree) and 経度 (longitude) are pronounced identically as けいど but have completely unrelated meanings.

Etymology

Compound of 経 (kei, 'longitude') and 度 (do, 'degree'). The kanji 経 originally refers to a warp thread in weaving, metaphorically extended to lines of longitude.