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Definition of Latitude

1. Noun. The angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself.

2. Noun. Freedom from normal restraints in conduct. "Allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money"

3. Noun. An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.

4. Noun. Scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction.

Definition of Latitude

1. n. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.

Definition of Latitude

1. Noun. (geography astronomy) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point. ¹

2. Noun. (geography) An imaginary line (in fact a circle) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator. ¹

3. Noun. The relative freedom from restrictions: ''his parents gave hime a great deal of latitude'', scope for freedom of action, thought, etc, as in common sense. ¹

4. Noun. (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic. ¹

5. Noun. (photography) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result. ¹

6. Noun. Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Latitude

1. freedom from narrow restrictions [n -S]

Medical Definition of Latitude

1. 1. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width. "Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above one third part." (Sir H. Wotton) 2. Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence. "In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits described, but a latitude is indulged." (Jer. Taylor) 3. Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc. "No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles, in the latitude of monkish relations." (Fuller) 4. Extent; size; amplitude; scope. "I pretend not to treat of them in their full latitude." (Locke) 5. Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian. 6. The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic. Ascending latitude, Circle of latitude, Geographical latitude, etc. See Ascending. Circle, etc. High latitude, that part of the earth's surface near either pole, especially. That part within either the arctic or the antarctic circle. Low latitude, that part of the earth's surface which is near the equator. Origin: F. Latitude, L. Latitudo, fr. Latus broad, wide, for older stlatus; perh. Akin to E. Strew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Latitude

latinos lation latirostres latirostrous latiseptate latish latisimus dorsi latissimi dorsi latissimus dorsi latisternal

latitancy latitant latitat latitation latitats latitude (current term) latitude film latitudes latitudinal latitudinally

latitudinarian latitudinarianism latitudinarians latitudinous latiumite lative lative case latively latka latkas

Literary usage of Latitude

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Let there be a sphere of radius r, such that r is a mean proportional between the principal radii of curvature at the mean latitude ф of the spheroidal ..."

2. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"The method in most general use for find- by AG, a perpendicular drawn to the earth's ing the latitude by observations off the meridian ¡ surface at A with ..."

3. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"The position of the observer is denned by means of his latitude and longitude. The latitude is the declination of the observer's zenith. In Fig. ..."

4. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1917)
"Also a safe passage will be left along the Netherland coast southward of a line joining the following positions: latitude fifty- three degrees twenty-seven ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1907)
"This paper is based on two years work on latitude determination at Bethlehem compared with that obtained during the same period at Flower Observatory, ..."

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