latitude

latitude

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English

Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French latitude, from Latin lātitūdō (breadth, width, latitude), from lātus (broad, wide), from older stlātus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlæt.ɪ.tjuːd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlæt.ɪ.tud/, /ˈlæt.ə.tjud/

Noun

latitude (countable and uncountable, plural latitudes)

  1. (geography, astronomy, countable) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
    Coordinate term: longitude
  2. (geography) An imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.
    Synonym: parallel
  3. (figurative) The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.
  4. (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
  5. (photography) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
  6. Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.

Usage notes

  • When used to refer to distances or imaginary lines around a planet, latitude is relative to the Earth's Equator unless another planet is specified.

Hyponyms

  • ascending latitude
  • geolatitude
  • high latitude
  • low latitude

Derived terms

  • high-latitude
  • isolatitude
  • latitude by account
  • low-latitude
  • mid-latitude, middle latitude

Related terms

  • circle of latitude
  • horse latitudes

Translations

See also

  • northing
  • zonal

Anagrams

  • altitude

French

Etymology

From Latin lātitūdō (breadth, width, latitude), from lātus (broad, wide), from older stlātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.ti.tyd/

Noun

latitude f (plural latitudes)

  1. expansion, breadth
  2. (geography) the distance from a place to the equator measured in degrees on the meridian; parallel viewing
  3. (by extension) Different areas under a given temperature due to their greater or lesser distance from the equator
    À la différence des animaux, l’homme peut vivre sous les latitudes les plus opposées.
  4. (astronomy) the angle with a plane parallel to the ecliptic, the straight line that passes through a heavenly body and a particular centre on this plane
  5. freedom

Antonyms

  • longitude

References

  • All or part of this article is from the Dictionary of the French Academy, Eighth Edition, 1932-1935, but it may have been modified since.

Further reading

  • “latitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lātitūdō (breadth, width, latitude).

Noun

latitude oblique singularf (oblique plural latitudes, nominative singular latitude, nominative plural latitudes)

  1. breadth

Descendants

  • Middle English: latitude
  • French: latitude

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧ti‧tu‧de

Noun

latitude f (plural latitudes)

  1. (geography, astronomy) latitude (angular distance north or south from the equator)
  2. (geography) latitude (imaginary line parallel to the equator)

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