Latitude

Noun

 * 1)  The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
 * 2)  An imaginary line (in fact a circle) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.
 * 3) The relative freedom from restrictions: his parents gave hime a great deal of latitude, scope for freedom of action, thought, etc, as in common sense.
 * 4)  The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
 * 5)  The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
 * 6) * Wikipedia article on
 * 7) Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.

Derived terms

 * ascending latitude
 * circle of latitude
 * geographical latitude
 * high latitude
 * low latitude

Thesaurus
Antarctic Zone, Arctic Circle, Arctic Zone, Cartesian coordinates, Frigid Zones, Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, Torrid Zone, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Variable Zones, abscissa, aeronautical chart, air space, altitude, ample scope, amplitude, astronomical chart, atlas, azimuth, azimuthal equidistant projection, azimuthal projection, beam, blank check, breadth, broad gauge, broad-mindedness, broadness, carte blanche, cartographer, cartography, celestial chart, celestial globe, chart, chorographer, chorography, clearance, climate, climatic chart, clime, conic projection, contour line, contour map, cylindrical coordinates, cylindrical projection, declination, distance across, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenicity, ecumenism, elbowroom, equator, equator coordinates, expanse, extent, field, free course, free hand, free play, free scope, full scope, full swing, fullness, general reference map, globe, gnomonic projection, graphic scale, grid line, hachure, headroom, heliographic chart, horse latitudes, hydrographic chart, index, isoline, large-mindedness, layer tint, leeway, legend, long rope, longitude, longitude in arc, maneuvering space, map, map maker, map projection, mapper, margin, meridian, no holds barred, noninsularity, open space, ordinate, parallel, photogrammetrist, photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map, play, polar coordinates, political map, polyconic projection, prime meridian, projection, range, relief map, representative fraction, right ascension, road map, roaring forties, room, room to spare, rope, scale, scope, sea room, sinusoidal projection, space, spacious mind, span, spare room, special map, spread, subtropics, swing, terrain map, terrestrial globe, the line, thematic map, tolerance, topographer, topographic chart, topography, transportation map, tropic, tropics, unbigotedness, unhideboundness, unparochialism, unprovincialism, way, weather chart, weather map, wide berth, wide-mindedness, wideness, width, zone

Etymology
From latitude:, from  latitudo:, from latus:, for older stlatus.

Pronunciation

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 * , {{SAMPA|/"l{t.I.tud/|/"l{t.@.tjud/}}
 * {{audio|en-us-latitude.ogg|Audio (US)}}

Translations

 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: leveysaste, pohjoinen leveys, eteläinen leveys
 * German:
 * Ido:
 * Macedonian: географска ширина
 * Manx: dowan-lheead


 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian: напоредник, паралела
 * Manx: dowan-lheead
 * Polish:


 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish:


 * Bosnian:


 * Finnish: vapaus, toimintavapaus
 * Polish: swoboda


 * Finnish:


 * Bosnian:
 * Finnish:


 * Latin:
 * Scottish Gaelic:

Anagrams

 * altitude