Difference between revisions of "Latitude"
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Etymology
Middle English, from Latin latitudin-, latitudo, from latus wide; akin to Old Church Slavic postĭlati to spread
- Date: 14th century
Definitions
- 1 archaic : extent or distance from side to side : width
- 2 : angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: as a : angular distance north or south from the earth's equator measured through 90 degrees
- b : angular distance of a celestial body from the ecliptic
- c : a region or locality as marked by its latitude
- 3 a : scope, range
- b : the range of exposures within which a film or plate will produce a negative or positive of satisfactory quality