Definition of latitude

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Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence..

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Platitude :: Platitude (n.) A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a truism; a commonplace..
Line :: Line (n.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map..
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..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator..
Sable :: Sable (n.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur..
Paraphrase :: Paraphrase (v. t.) To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language..
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..
Salpa :: Salpa (n.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix..
Latitudinal :: Latitudinal (a.) Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude.
Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width..
Tropic :: Tropic (n.) The region lying between these parallels of latitude, or near them on either side..
Southing :: Southing (n.) Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.
Commonplace :: Commonplace (v. i.) To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.
Platitudinarian :: Platitudinarian (n.) One addicted to uttering platitudes, or stale and insipid truisms..
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..
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..
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..
Platitudinize :: Platitudinize (v. i.) To utter platitudes or truisms.
Latitude :: Latitude (n.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
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