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latitude longitude
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10/11/2013
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Term
latitude
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the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measuredon the meridian of the point.
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longitude
 Definition
 angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle containedbetween the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England,and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time. 
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prime meridian
 Definition
the meridian runnig through greenwhich ,england, form which longitude east and west is reckoned
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