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

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

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..

Zone :: Zone (n.) One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and temperature..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

Lignum-vitae :: Lignum-vitae (n.) A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum..

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