latitude
The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
Other meanings
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”
The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.
“His parents gave him a great deal of latitude.”
Related words
- colatitude
- heliolatitude
- midlatitude
- palaeolatitude
- paleolatitude
- ascending latitude
- circle of latitude
- geolatitude
- horse latitudes
- isolatitude
- latitude by account
- latitudinal
Word history
From Latin "lātitūdō" (breadth, width, latitude).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “latitude” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.