latitude

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: lat=i=tude

CIDE DICTIONARY

latitude, n. [F. latitude, L. latitudo, fr. latus broad, wide, for older stlatus; perh. akin to E. strew.].

•  Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.  [1913 Webster]

  "Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above one third part."  [1913 Webster]
•  Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.  [1913 Webster]

  "In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits described, but a latitude is indulged."  [1913 Webster]
•  Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.  [1913 Webster]

  "No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles, in the latitude of monkish relations."  [1913 Webster]
•  Extent; size; amplitude; scope.  [1913 Webster]

  "I pretend not to treat of them in their full latitude."  [1913 Webster]
•  Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.  [1913 Webster]
•  The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.  [1913 Webster]

Ascending latitude, Circle of latitude, Geographical latitude, etc. See under Ascending. Circle, etc. -- High latitude, that part of the earth's surface near either pole, esp. that part within either the arctic or the antarctic circle. -- Low latitude, that part of the earth's surface which is near the equator.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

latitude, n.
1 Geog. a the angular distance on a meridian north or south of the equator, expressed in degrees and minutes. b (usu. in pl.) regions or climes, esp. with reference to temperature (warm latitudes).
2 freedom from narrowness; liberality of interpretation.
3 tolerated variety of action or opinion (was allowed much latitude).
4 Astron. the angular distance of a celestial body or point from the ecliptic.

Idiom

high latitudes regions near the poles. low latitudes regions near the equator.

Derivative

latitudinal adj. latitudinally adv.

Etymology

ME, = breadth, f. L latitudo -dinis f. latus broad

THESAURUS

latitude

Antarctic Zone, Arctic Circle, Arctic Zone, Cartesian coordinates, Frigid Zones, Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, Torrid Zone, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Variable Zones, abscissa, aeronautical chart, air space, altitude, ample scope, amplitude, astronomical chart, atlas, azimuth, azimuthal equidistant projection, azimuthal projection, beam, blank check, breadth, broad gauge, broad-mindedness, broadness, carte blanche, cartographer, cartography, celestial chart, celestial globe, chart, chorographer, chorography, clearance, climate, climatic chart, clime, conic projection, contour line, contour map, cylindrical coordinates, cylindrical projection, declination, distance across, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenicity, ecumenism, elbowroom, equator, equator coordinates, expanse, extent, field, free course, free hand, free play, free scope, full scope, full swing, fullness, general reference map, globe, gnomonic projection, graphic scale, grid line, hachure, headroom, heliographic chart, horse latitudes, hydrographic chart, index, isoline, large-mindedness, layer tint, leeway, legend, long rope, longitude, longitude in arc, maneuvering space, map, map maker, map projection, mapper, margin, meridian, no holds barred, noninsularity, open space, ordinate, parallel, photogrammetrist, photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map, play, polar coordinates, political map, polyconic projection, prime meridian, projection, range, relief map, representative fraction, right ascension, road map, roaring forties, room, room to spare, rope, scale, scope, sea room, sinusoidal projection, space, spacious mind, span, spare room, special map, spread, subtropics, swing, terrain map, terrestrial globe, the line, thematic map, tolerance, topographer, topographic chart, topography, transportation map, tropic, tropics, unbigotedness, unhideboundness, unparochialism, unprovincialism, way, weather chart, weather map, wide berth, wide-mindedness, wideness, width, zone

ROGET THESAURUS

latitude

Freedom

N freedom, liberty, independence, license, facility, scope, range, latitude, play, free play, full play, free scope, full scope, free stage and no favor, swing, full swing, elbowroom, margin, rope, wide berth, Liberty Hall, franchise, denization, free man, freed man, livery man, denizen, autonomy, self-government, liberalism, free trade, noninterference, Monroe Doctrine, immunity, exemption, emancipation, enfranchisement, affranchisement, free land, freehold, allodium, frankalmoigne, mortmain, bushwhacker, freelance, free thinker, free trader, independent, free, free as air, out of harness, independent, at large, loose, scot-free, left alone, left to oneself, in full swing, uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented, unhindered, unobstructed, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammeled, unsubject, ungoverned, unenslaved, unenthralled, unchained, unshackled, unfettered, unreined, unbridled, uncurbed, unmuzzled, unrestricted, unlimited, unmitigated, unconditional, absolute, discretionary, unassailed, unforced, uncompelled, unbiassed, spontaneous, free and easy, at ease, at one's ease, degage, quite at home, wanton, rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished, exempt, freed, freeborn, autonomous, freehold, allodial, gratis, eleutherian, unclaimed, going a begging, freely, ad libitum, ubi libertas ibi patria, free white and twenty-one.

Space

N space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace, room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread, dimension, length, distance, size, volume, hypervolume, latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver, spare room, elbow room, house room, stowage, roomage, margin, opening, sphere, arena, open space, free space, void, waste, wildness, wilderness, moor, moorland, campagna, abyss, unlimited space, infinity, world, ubiquity, length and breadth of the land, proportions, acreage, acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square miles, square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing), ares, arpents, spacious, roomy, extensive, expansive, capacious, ample, widespread, vast, world-wide, uncircumscribed, boundless, shoreless, trackless, pathless, extended, extensively, wherever, everywhere, far and near, far and wide, right and left, all over, all the world over, throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the land, under the sun, in every quarter, in all quarters, in all lands, here there and everywhere, from pole to pole, from China to Peru, from Indus to the pole, from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end, on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass, to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth.

Region

N region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle, reservation, pale, compartment, department, clearing, (property) &c 780 (Government), 1 arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march, patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court, enclave, reserve, preserve, street, clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude, biosphere, lithosphere, territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.

Thickness,

N breadth, thickness, breadth, width, latitude, amplitude, diameter, bore, caliber, radius, superficial extent, thickness, crassitude, corpulence, dilation, broad, wide, ample, extended, discous, fanlike, outspread, outstretched, wide as a church-door, latifoliate, latifolous, thick, dumpy, squab, squat, thickset, thick as a rope.