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1. (n.) latitude
the angular distance, measured north or south from the equator, of a point on the earth's surface, expressed in degrees.
2. latitude
a place or region as marked by this distance:
tropical latitudes.
3. latitude
freedom from narrow restrictions; freedom of action, opinion, etc.:
They allow their children latitude in choosing friends.
4. latitude
the angular distance from the ecliptic of a point on the celestial sphere.
5. latitude
the ability of a photographic emulsion to record the brightness values of a subject in their true proportion to one another.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L lātitūdō breadth)
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1. (noun) latitude
the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
2. (noun) latitude
freedom from normal restraints in conduct
"the new freedom in movies and novels"; "allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money"
3. (noun) latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel
an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
4. (noun) latitude
scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Latitude
extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width
2. (noun) Latitude
room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence
3. (noun) Latitude
extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc
4. (noun) Latitude
extent; size; amplitude; scope
5. (noun) Latitude
distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian
6. (noun) Latitude
the angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic
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Sense: the distance, measured in degrees on the map, that a place is north or south of the Equator
What is the latitude of London?
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 Afrikaans: breedtegraad |
 Arabic: خَط العَرْض |
 Bulgarian: ширина |
 Brazilian: latitude |
 Czech: šířka |
 German: die geographische Breite |
 Danish: bredde; breddegrad |
 Greek: γεωγραφικό πλάτος |
 Spanish: latitud |
 Estonian: laiuskraad |
 Farsi: عرض جغرافیایی |
 Finnish: leveysaste |
 French: latitude |
 Hebrew: קַו-רוֹחַב |
 Hindi: अक्षांश |
 Croatian: zemljopisna dužina |
 Hungarian: (földrajzi) szélesség |
 Indonesian: garis lintang |
 Icelandic: breidd, breiddargráða |
 Italian: latitudine |
 Japanese: 緯度 |
 Korean: 위도 |
 Lithuanian: platuma |
 Latvian: (ģeogrāfiskais) platums |
 Malay: garisan lintang; latitud |
 Dutch: latitude |
 Norwegian: breddegrad |
 Polish: szerokość geograficzna |
 Persian: عرض جغرافیایی |
 Pashto: جغرافيايى عرض |
 Portuguese: latitude |
 Romanian: latitudine |
 Russian: широта |
 Slovak: šírka |
 Slovenian: zemljepisnaširina |
 Serbian: geografskaširina |
 Swedish: latitud, breddgrad |
 Thai: เส้นที่ขนานกับเส้นศูนย์สู |
 Turkish: enlem |
 Taiwanese: 緯度 |
 Ukrainian: широта |
 Urdu: عرض البلد |
 Vietnamese: vĩ độ |
 Chinese: 纬度 |
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