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latitude en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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/ˈlætɪtud/ (US)
/ˈlatɪtʃʉd/ (Scotland)
/ˈlatɪtjʉd/ (Scotland)
/ˈlætɪtjuːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈlatɪtʃʉwd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
/ˈlætətjud/ (US)
/ˈlætɪtʃuːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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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.

Meanings

(countable) 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. 1880, Arthur Herbert Church, Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses, London: Chapman and Hall, page 72:
- 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. 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare, Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 137:
(countable, uncountable) 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
(countable, figuratively, uncountable) 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... 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 208:
(countable, uncountable) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
(countable, uncountable) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
(countable, uncountable) Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
latitudes	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (157)

ru паралле́ль (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · ru свобо́да (freedom from restrictions) · nb handlingsrom (freedom from restrictions) · ka განედი (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · ro latitudine (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · cy rhwydd hynt (freedom from restrictions) · pl szerokość (angular distance north or south from the equator) · pl swoboda (freedom from restrictions) · gu અક્ષાંશ (angular distance north or south from the equator) · fi laajuus (extent or scope) · gl latitude (angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic) · la lātitūdō (angular distance north or south from the equator) · fi leveys (angular distance north or south from the equator) · cy lledred (angular distance north or south from the equator) · pt latitude (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · tr serbestlik (freedom from restrictions) · la lātitūdō (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · sv handlingsfrihet (freedom from restrictions) · da breddegrad (angular distance north or south from the equator) · de geographische Breite (angular distance north or south from the equator) · mos bĩin-paadse (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · te అక్షాంశము (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · ru широта́ (extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed) · pl szerokość (angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic) · de Breitengrad (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · nb breddegrad (angular distance north or south from the equator) · el πλάτος (angular distance north or south from the equator) · es latitud (angular distance north or south from the equator) · eo latitudo (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · fi vapaus (freedom from restrictions) · sh sloboda (freedom from restrictions) · ar دَائِرَة عَرْض (angular distance north or south from the equator) · hu szélesség (angular distance north or south from the equator) · tl antaslayog (angular distance north or south from the equator) · grc κλίμα (angular distance north or south from the equator) · sk zemepisná šírka (angular distance north or south from the equator) · es latitud (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · ru самостоя́тельность (freedom from restrictions) · de Breitenkreis (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · vi vĩ độ (angular distance north or south from the equator) · sw latitudo (angular distance north or south from the equator) · fr latitude (angular distance north or south from the equator) · fr parallèle (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · ba иркенлек (freedom from restrictions) · ru широта́ (angular distance north or south from the equator) · fr latitude (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · ba киңлек (angular distance north or south from the equator) · uk широта́ (angular distance north or south from the equator) · de Breite (angular distance north or south from the equator) · ko 위도 (angular distance north or south from the equator) · eo latitudo (angular distance north or south from the equator) · nn breiddegrad (angular distance north or south from the equator) · nn spelerom (freedom from restrictions) · gl liberdade (freedom from restrictions) · ja ラチチュード (angular distance north or south from the equator) · ka პარალელი (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · ka განედი (angular distance north or south from the equator) · sl širina (angular distance north or south from the equator) · grc πλάτος (angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic) · nb breddegrad (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · ro latitudine (angular distance north or south from the equator) · sh ширина (angular distance north or south from the equator) · fr marge (freedom from restrictions) · es holgura (freedom from restrictions) · fi toimintavapaus (freedom from restrictions) · ms garis lintang (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · da råderum (freedom from restrictions) · es latitud (angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic) · ro latitudine (freedom from restrictions) · mk парале́ла (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · de Breite (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · gu અક્ષાંશ (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · lv platums (angular distance north or south from the equator) · hi अक्षांश (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · io latitudo (angular distance north or south from the equator) · bg обхват (extent or scope) · el γεωγραφικό πλάτος (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · nb spillerom (freedom from restrictions) · gd domhan-leud (angular distance north or south from the equator) · it latitudine di posa (extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed) · sk voľnosť (freedom from restrictions) · ar خَطّ عَرْض (angular distance north or south from the equator) · pl równoleżnik (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · cs šířka (angular distance north or south from the equator) · ru во́ля (freedom from restrictions) · gd leud (extent or scope) · no latitude (angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic) · it latitudine (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · tl antaslayog (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · ba киңлек (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · mk ши́рина (angular distance north or south from the equator) · nn breiddegrad (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · sv latitud (angular distance north or south from the equator) · gl latitude (angular distance north or south from the equator) · sv breddgrad (angular distance north or south from the equator) · sh širina (angular distance north or south from the equator) · ms garisan lintang (angular distance north or south from the equator) · is breiddargráða (angular distance north or south from the equator) · ca latitud (angular distance north or south from the equator) · mi ahopae (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · pl szerokość geograficzna (angular distance north or south from the equator) · el χαλαρότητα (freedom from restrictions) · fo breiddarstig (angular distance north or south from the equator) · he קַו רֹחַב (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · gl marxe (freedom from restrictions) · cmn 緯綫 /纬线 (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · fi leveysaste (angular distance north or south from the equator) · ru широта́ (angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic) · ko 위선 (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · sh opseg (extent or scope) · ms latitud (angular distance north or south from the equator) · de Breitengrad (angular distance north or south from the equator) · gl latitude (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · io latitudo (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · cy lledred (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · nb polhøyde (angular distance north or south from the equator) · pt latitude (angular distance north or south from the equator) · ca latitud (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · sv latitud (freedom from restrictions) · sv latitud (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · tr enlem (angular distance north or south from the equator) · cy lledred (angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic) · sv spelrum (freedom from restrictions) · ja 緯線 (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · cmn 緯度 /纬度 (angular distance north or south from the equator) · pl szerokość ekliptyczna (angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic) · bg ширина (angular distance north or south from the equator) · la lātitūdō (extent or scope) · nl breedtegraad (angular distance north or south from the equator) · el πλάτος (angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic) · it latitudine (angular distance north or south from the equator) · ba киңлек (angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic) · de Spielraum (freedom from restrictions) · hu mozgástér (freedom from restrictions) · hi अक्षांश (angular distance north or south from the equator) · nn handlingsrom (freedom from restrictions) · gv dowan-lheead (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · mk напо́редник (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · sv latitud (extent or scope) · be шырата́ (angular distance north or south from the equator) · nn polhøgde (angular distance north or south from the equator) · gv dowan-lheead (angular distance north or south from the equator) · vi vĩ tuyến (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · cy penrhyddid (freedom from restrictions) · gd domhan-leud (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · pdt Breed (angular distance north or south from the equator) · sk rovnobežka (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · bg паралел (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · fi deklinaatio (angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic) · ru широта́ (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · cy rhyddid (freedom from restrictions) · ja 緯度 (angular distance north or south from the equator) · lt platuma (angular distance north or south from the equator) · fi valotusvara (extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed) · cmn 緯圈 /纬圈 (imaginary line parallel to the equator) · mk геогра́фска ши́рина (angular distance north or south from the equator) · fi leveyspiiri (imaginary line parallel to the equator)

latitude en · NOUN

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