latitude
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (4)
- the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itselfType of angular distance
- freedom from normal restraints in conduct“allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money”Type of liberty
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equatorSynonyms: line of latitudeparallel of latitudeparallelType of lineKinds horse latitude, polar circle, tropic
- scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restrictionType of scope, range
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Translations
Noun angular distance north or south from the equator
- Spanish
- latitud
- French
- latitude
- German
- Breitengrad
- Italian
- latitudine
- Portuguese
- latitude
- Turkish
- enlem
- Russian
- широта́ širotá
- Chinese
- 纬度 wěidù
- Japanese
- 緯度 ido
- Dutch
- breedtegraad
21 more languages
- Polish
- szerokość geograficzna
- Swedish
- latitud
- Greek
- πλάτος plátos
- Korean
- 위도 wido
- Vietnamese
- vĩ độ
- Hungarian
- szélesség
- Portuguese (PT)
- latitude
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 緯度 wěidù
- Catalan
- latitud
- Czech
- šířka
- Danish
- breddegrad
- Esperanto
- latitudo
- Finnish
- leveysaste
- Georgian
- განედი ganedi
- Icelandic
- breiddargráða
- Norwegian
- breddegrad
- Romanian
- latitudine
- Scottish Gaelic
- domhan-leud
- Serbo-Croatian
- širina
- Swahili
- latitudo
- Welsh
- lledred
Noun imaginary line parallel to the equator
- Spanish
- latitud
- French
- latitude
- German
- Breitengrad
- Italian
- latitudine
- Portuguese
- latitude
- Russian
- широта́ širotá
- Chinese
- 纬线 wěixiàn
- Japanese
- 緯線 isen
- Polish
- równoleżnik
- Swedish
- latitud
12 more languages
- Korean
- 위선 wiseon
- Vietnamese
- vĩ tuyến
- Portuguese (PT)
- latitude
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 緯圈 wěiquān
- Catalan
- latitud
- Esperanto
- latitudo
- Finnish
- leveyspiiri
- Georgian
- განედი ganedi
- Norwegian
- breddegrad
- Romanian
- latitudine
- Scottish Gaelic
- domhan-leud
- Welsh
- lledred
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. latitude, L. latitudo, fr. latus broad, wide, for older stlatus; perh. akin to E. strew.
1. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.
Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above one third part.— Sir Henry Wotton
2. Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.
In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits described, but a latitude is indulged.— Taylor, Jeremy
3. Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.
No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles, in the latitude of monkish relations.— Thomas Fuller
4. Extent; size; amplitude; scope.
I pretend not to treat of them in their full latitude.— John Locke
5. Geog. Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.
6. Astronomy The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
Ascending latitude, Circle of latitude, Geographical latitude, etc. See under Ascending. Circle, etc. — High latitude, that part of the earth's surface near either pole, esp. that part within either the arctic or the antarctic circle. — Low latitude, that part of the earth's surface which is near the equator.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54