Latitude
['lætɪtjuːd] or ['lætɪtud]
Definition
(noun.) scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction.
(noun.) the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself.
(noun.) an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.
(noun.) freedom from normal restraints in conduct; 'the new freedom in movies and novels'; 'allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money'.
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Definition
(n.) Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.
(n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.
(n.) Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.
(n.) Extent; size; amplitude; scope.
(n.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.
(n.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
Editor: Winthrop
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Extent, range, scope, amplitude, compass.[2]. Freedom, liberty, indulgence, free play.[3]. Laxity, loose interpretation, indefinite meaning.[4]. (Geog.) Angular distance from the equator.[5]. (Astron.) Angular distance from the ecliptic.
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Definition
n. the distance of a place north or south from the equator measured in degrees of the meridian: a place as indicated by latitude: the angular distance of a celestial body above the plane of the ecliptic (apparent when the point of view is on the earth's surface geocentric when at the earth's centre heliocentric when at the centre of the sun): (fig.) extent of signification: freedom from restraint: scope: (obs.) width.—adjs. Latitud′inal pertaining to latitude: in the direction of latitude; Latitudinā′rian broad or liberal esp. in religious belief: lax.—n. a name applied by contemporaries to a member of a school of liberal and philosophical theologians within the English Church in the later half of the 17th century: one who affects to regard specific creeds methods of church government &c. with indifference.—n. Latitudinā′rianism.—adj. Latitud′inous having latitude or large extent.—Latitude by account in navigation the latitude calculated from the course and distance sailed since last observation; Latitude by observation the latitude determined from an observation of a heavenly body; Middle latitude the latitude of the parallel midway between two places situated in the same hemisphere.
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Examples
- I have not got the ship's journal to refer to, and I cannot now call to mind the latitude and longitude. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Our first plan had been to quit our wintry native latitude, and seek for our diminished numbers the luxuries and delights of a southern climate. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- By an observation, we found ourselves in the latitude of 30 degrees 2 minutes south. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Beyond the irregular carpet of grass was a row of white palings, which marked the verge of the heath in this latitude. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The captain having been at Tonquin, was, in his return to England, driven north-eastward to the latitude of 44 degrees, and longitude of 143. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The 23d of June, 1862, on the road from La Grange to Memphis was very warm, even for that latitude and season. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Give some much younger woman the latitude as to dress that she has, being married; and we would see about that, my dear! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A mere matter, for the most part, of latitude and longitude, and geographical position, acting with natural temperament. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Seamen say the nautilus is only found in these waters between the 35th and 45th parallels of latitude. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Watson has remarked, in receding from polar toward equatorial latitudes, the Alpine or mountain flora really become less and less Arctic. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Thunderstorms are at their worst in the summer in temperate latitudes, but they occur to some extent all the year round, and those in the tropics are of extreme violence. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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