Definition of latitude

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

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Commonplace :: Commonplace (v. i.) To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.
Tropic :: Tropic (n.) The region lying between these parallels of latitude, or near them on either side..
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..
Southing :: Southing (n.) Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.
Place :: Place (n.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude..
Paraphrase :: Paraphrase (v. t.) To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language..
Line :: Line (n.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map..
Salpa :: Salpa (n.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix..
Zone :: Zone (n.) One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and temperature..
Latitudinal :: Latitudinal (a.) Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude.
Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence..
Tropic :: Tropic (n.) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by the same names..
Low :: Low (superl.) Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes..
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..
Commonplace :: Commonplace (n.) An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.
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..
Platitudinize :: Platitudinize (v. i.) To utter platitudes or truisms.
Platitude :: Platitude (n.) The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language..
Antoecians :: Antoecians (n. pl) Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south 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..
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