latitude

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The sun dipped, and the short twilight of this latitude was almost immediately succeeded by a brilliant night.

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  1. noun The angular distance north or south of the earth's equator, measured in degrees along a meridian, as on a map or globe.
  2. noun A region of the earth considered in relation to its distance from the equator: temperate latitudes.
  3. noun Astronomy The angular distance of a celestial body north or south of the ecliptic.

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longitude ·  altitude ·  meridian ·  climate ·  elevation ·  extent ·  equator ·  velocity ·  breadth ·  temperature ·  dimension ·  clime

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latitude:   latitudes
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  1. Middle English, geographical latitude, from Old French, width, from Latin lātitūdō, width, geographical latitude, from lātus, wide.

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  1. from Middle English latitude, from Old French latitude, French latitude = Spanish latitud = Portuguese latitude = Italian latitudine, from Latin latitudo, breadth, width, from latus, broad, Old Latin stlatus (appearing in feminine stlata, a broad strip), ult. a variant of stratus, past participle of sternere, spread out, strew: see stratum, strew.
 

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/ˈlætɪtjud/
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