latitude
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
latitude /ˈlatɪtjuːd/
▶noun
- 1 the angular distance of a place north or south of the equator.
- 2 (latitudes) regions with reference to their temperature and distance from the equator: northern latitudes.
- 3 scope for freedom of action or thought.
– derivatives
latitudinal adjective,
latitudinally adverb.
latitudinal adjective,
latitudinally adverb.
– origin ME: from L. latitudo ‘breadth’, from latus ‘broad’.
'latitude' also found in these Oxford entries:
almucantar
- astrolabe
- celestial latitude
- circumpolar
- climate
- co-
- co-latitude
- equator
- geocentric latitude
- geographical latitude
- geographical mile
- geotagging
- high
- lat.
- low
- Mercator projection
- observation
- parallel
- sun
- temperate zone
- tropic
