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latitude
/ˈlætɪtud/
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What does latitude mean?
noun
- The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
- An imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.
- (figuratively) The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.
More meanings (3)
noun
- The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
- The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
- Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlætɪtud/
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See this word in context.
I have not got the ship’s journal to refer to, and I cannot now call to mind the latitude and longitude.
Beyond the irregular carpet of grass was a row of white palings, which marked the verge of the heath in this latitude.
More book examples (3)
S., that we should be able to regard this latitude as the real starting-place of the actual sledge journey to the Pole.
Except upon the mountain ridges, the climate, as compared with that of the United States in the same latitude, is extremely mild.
The wind was east, which would seem to prove that the trade-winds extend in this latitude much higher than fifteen hundred toises.