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

Tropic :: Tropic (n.) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by the same names..

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..

Latitudinal :: Latitudinal (a.) Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude.

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..

Commonplace :: Commonplace (v. i.) To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.

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..

Platitudinize :: Platitudinize (v. i.) To utter platitudes or truisms.

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..

Atmo :: Atmo (n.) The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0¡ Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris..

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

Paraphrase :: Paraphrase (v. t.) To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language..

Height :: Height (n.) Degree of latitude either north or south.

Southing :: Southing (n.) Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.

Kilogrammetre :: Kilogrammetre (n.) A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris..

Glaucus :: Glaucus (n.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white..

Tropic :: Tropic (n.) The region lying between these parallels of latitude, or near them on either side..

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..

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..

Colatitude :: Colatitude (n.) The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees..

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