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..
Tropic :: Tropic (n.) The region lying between these parallels of latitude, or near them on either side..
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..
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..
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..
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..
Platitudinarian :: Platitudinarian (n.) One addicted to uttering platitudes, or stale and insipid truisms..
Low :: Low (superl.) Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes..
Platitudinous :: Platitudinous (a.) Abounding in platitudes; of the nature of platitudes; uttering platitudes.
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..
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..
Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence..
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..
Tropic :: Tropic (n.) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by the same names..
Paraphrase :: Paraphrase (v. t.) To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language..
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..
Geocentrical :: Geocentrical (a.) Having reference to the earth as center; in relation to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric longitude or latitude of a planet..
Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Extent; size; amplitude; scope.
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..
Line :: Line (n.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map..
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