True if and only if the units are longitude units.
This is the case if and only if the units attribute is one of 'degrees_east', 'degree_east', 'degree_E', 'degrees_E', 'degreeE', and 'degreesE'.
Note that units of 'degrees' are not longitude units.
See also
Examples
>>> Units('degrees_east').islongitude
True
>>> Units('degrees').islongitude
False
>>> Units('degrees_north').islongitude
False
>>> Units('kg').islongitude
False
>>> Units().islongitude
False