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latitude

noun
/ˈlætɪtjuːd/UK/ˈlætɪtud/US/ˈlatɪtjʉd/

Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French latitude, from Latin lātitūdō (“breadth, width, latitude”), from lātus (“broad, wide”), from older stlātus. Possibly related with lateral, though this is uncertain.

  1. derived from lātitūdō
  2. derived from latitude

Definitions

  1. The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian…

    The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.

    • The oat is hardier than wheat, and ripens in higher latitudes.
    • Far from the center of Shang civilization, Wu-ch'eng is located well south of the Yangtze at approximately the same latitude as Ch'ang-sha in the west and Wen-chou in the east.

  2. An imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to…

    An imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.

    • snow showers in the northerly latitudes

  3. The relative freedom from restrictions

    The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.

    • His parents gave him a great deal of latitude.
    • "Love!" ejaculated the Comtesse; "And so throw away the chances of a life upon a month of honey!—I say a month, which is allowing a latitude tenderness never took...
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.

    2. The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still…

      The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.

    3. Extent or scope

      Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.

The neighborhood

Derived

ascending latitude, circle of latitude, colatitude, geolatitude, heliolatitude, high latitude, high-latitude, horse latitudes, interlatitudinal, isolatitude, lat/lon, latitude by account, latitudinal, low latitude, low-latitude, middle latitude, mid-latitude, midlatitude, palaeolatitude, paleolatitude

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at latitude. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at latitude. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at latitude

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA