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lat⋅i⋅tude

[lat-i-tood, -tyood]

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–noun

Geography.

a.	the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point.

b.	a place or region as marked by this distance.

2.	freedom from narrow restrictions; freedom of action, opinion, etc.: He allowed his children a fair amount of latitude.

Astronomy.

a.	celestial latitude.

b.	galactic latitude.

4.	Photography. the ability of an emulsion to record the brightness values of a subject in their true proportion to one another, expressed as the ratio of the amount of brightness in the darkest possible value to the amount of brightness in the brightest: a latitude of 1 to 128.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L lātitūdō breadth, equiv. to lāt(us) broad + -i- -i- + -tūdō -tude

Synonyms:
2. extent, liberty, indulgence. See range.

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lat·i·tude (lāt'ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')

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n.

1. The angular distance north or south of the earth's equator, measured in degrees along a meridian, as on a map or globe.
2. A region of the earth considered in relation to its distance from the equator: temperate latitudes.
Astronomy The angular distance of a celestial body north or south of the ecliptic.
Freedom from normal restraints, limitations, or regulations. See Synonyms at room.
A range of values or conditions, especially the range of exposures over which a photographic film yields usable images.
Extent; breadth.

[Middle English, geographical latitude, from Old French, width, from Latin lātitūdō, width, geographical latitude, from lātus, wide.]
lat'i·tu'din·al (-tōōd'n-əl, -tyōōd'-) adj., lat'i·tu'di·nal·ly adv.

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Cultural Dictionary

latitude

The measurement, in degrees, of a place's distance north or south of the equator. (Compare longitude.)

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

latitude

c.1391, from L. latitudo "breadth, width, extent, size," from latus "wide," from PIE base *stela- "to spread" (cf. O.C.S. steljo "to spread out," Arm. lain "broad"). Geographical sense also is from c.1391, lit. "breadth" of a map of the known world. Meaning "freedom from narrow restrictions" (1605) led to latitudinarian (1662) "characterized by broad-mindedness," esp. in ref. to Episcopal clergymen indifferent to doctrinal details.

Science Dictionary

latitude (lāt'ĭ-t

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A measure of relative position north or south on the Earth's surface, measured in degrees from the equator, which has a latitude of 0°, with the poles having a latitude of 90° north and south. The distance of a degree of latitude is about 69 statute miles or 60 nautical miles (111 km). Latitude and longitude are the coordinates that together identify all positions on the Earth's surface. Compare longitude.
Celestial latitude.

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