経度

Japanese

Kanji in this term
経	度
けい Grade: 5	ど Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) けーど [kéꜜèdò] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [ke̞ːdo̞]
- Homophones: 珪土, 軽度, 傾度

Noun

経度 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 經度, hiragana けいど, rōmaji keido)

(geography) a longitude (angular distance)

See also

東 (とう)経 (けい) (tōkei, “east longitude”)
西 (せい)経 (けい) (seikei, “west longitude”)
緯 (い)度 (ど) (ido, “latitude”)
赤 (せき)道 (どう) (sekidō, “equator”)
北 (ほっ)極 (きょく)点 (てん) (hokkyokuten, “North Pole”)
南 (なん)極 (きょく)点 (てん) (nankyokuten, “South Pole”)

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