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US
/ˈɫætəˌtud/
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[ UK /lˈætɪtjˌuːd/ ]
[ UK /lˈætɪtjˌuːd/ ]
NOUN
- scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction
- the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
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freedom from normal restraints in conduct
allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money
the new freedom in movies and novels
How To Use latitude In A Sentence
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- Al-Mahri used astronomical observations of the height of stars to determine the difference in latitude between two places.
- The polar ice caps will expand to reach around 45 degrees latitude north and south.
- These birds only survive in temperate latitudes.
- At these latitudes the sun does not rise at all on winter days.
- Found it to be in south latitude 28 degrees 55 minutes by meridian altitudes of sun, Aquilae (Altair), and Lyra, and in longitude about 121 degrees 10 minutes East. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated,
- Albicores, bonitoes, and dolphins followed the ship for several days in succession; and one albicore, which had a mark on his back, from which we knew it, followed us from 3 degrees north latitude to 10 degrees south latitude, a distance of eight hundred and forty miles. Mark Seaworth
- Parallel on the Korean peninsula is located 38 degrees north latitude, near a military demarcation line.
- It breeds in high latitudes from Scandinavia, across northern Russia and again in north-west Canada and Alaska.
- He noted the latitude and longitude, then made a mark on the admiralty chart, with the time and date. SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND