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Synonyms for latitude

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lat-i-tood, -tyood
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæt ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud

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Définition of latitude

Origin :
  • late 14c., "breadth," from Old French latitude (13c.) and directly from Latin latitudo "breadth, width, extent, size," from latus "wide," from PIE root *stele- "to spread" (cf. Old Church Slavonic steljo "to spread out," Armenian lain "broad"). Geographical sense also is from late 14c., literally "breadth" of a map of the known world. Figurative sense of "allowable degree of variation" is early 15c. Related: Latitudinal.
  • noun freedom, room to move; scope
Example sentences :
  • Latitude 25 degrees 52 minutes from mean of two observations.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • By meridian altitude of sun, camp is in latitude 31 degrees 53 minutes South.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • The tracks may be Mr. Giles's, as I cannot think Mr. Gosse could be out in his latitude.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • By observation, the camp was in latitude 31 degrees 42 minutes South.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Camped on a gully with some old feed in the flat, in latitude 27 degrees 49 minutes.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Latitude of camp 26 degrees 42 minutes 43 seconds by Regulus.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • But we had not reached the latitude of Congo according to his map.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • Our passage from Para was good until the brig reached the latitude of Bermuda.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • In 1819, Gauss measured a degree of latitude between Gottingen and Altona.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • Sharks abound in this latitude, and I have seen several about the reef since we went in.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper

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