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Perioecians :: Perioecians (n. pl.) Those who live on the same parallel of latitude but on opposite meridians, so that it is noon in one place when it is midnight in the other. Compare Antoeci..

Platitude :: Platitude (n.) A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a truism; a commonplace..

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width..

Platitudinarian :: Platitudinarian (n.) One addicted to uttering platitudes, or stale and insipid truisms..

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian..

Tropical :: Tropical (n.) Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases..

Chorology :: Chorology (n.) The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc..

Shorten :: Shorten (v. i.) To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold..

Sextant :: Sextant (n.) An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See Quadrant..

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc..

Drift :: Drift (n.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice..

Line :: Line (n.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map..

Antoecians :: Antoecians (n. pl) Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator..

Salpa :: Salpa (n.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix..

Parallel :: Parallel (n.) One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map..

Platitudinous :: Platitudinous (a.) Abounding in platitudes; of the nature of platitudes; uttering platitudes.

Commonplace :: Commonplace (n.) An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.

Latitudinous :: Latitudinous (a.) Having latitude, or wide extent..

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.

Solstice :: Solstice (v. i.) The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; -- so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion..

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