|
|
Definition of Parallel of latitude
1. Noun. An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.
Specialized synonyms: Polar Circle, Horse Latitude, Tropic
Generic synonyms: Line
Derivative terms: Latitudinal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parallel Of Latitude
Literary usage of Parallel of latitude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... assumed that a cone, the apex of which lies in the axis (produced) of the
sphere, is tangent to the surface of the sphere along a parallel of latitude. ..."
2. The American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation and by Nathaniel Bowditch, George Wood Logan (1906)
"The distance of any other parallel of latitude •om the principal parallel is then
the difference of the values for the two taken from Table 3. 4O. ..."
3. The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation by Nathaniel Bowditch (1826)
"As the length of a degree of the equator is to the meridian distance corresponding
to a degree on any other parallel of latitude, so is radius to the ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"... Mississippi river, on the parallel of thirty- six degrees of north latitude;
thence west, along that parallel of latitude, to the San Francois river; ..."
5. The History of Oregon and California, and the Other Territories of the North by Robert Greenhow (1845)
"He considered the right of the United States to the whole territory, as far north
as the 49th parallel of latitude, to be determined by the possession of ..."
Other Resources:
