Latitude vs. Longitude

Latitudenoun

The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.

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(geography) An imaginary line (in fact a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.

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The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.

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(astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.

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(photography) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.

Latitudenoun

Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.

Latitudenoun

Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.

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Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.

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Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.

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Extent; size; amplitude; scope.

Latitudenoun

Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.

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The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.

Latitudenoun

the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself

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freedom from normal restraints in conduct;

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an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

Latitudenoun

scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction

Latitudenoun

the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of the equator of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes

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regions, especially with reference to their temperature and distance from the equator

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scope for freedom of action or thought

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the range of exposures for which an emulsion or printing paper will give acceptable contrast

Latitude

In geography, latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth's surface. Latitude is an angle (defined below) which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° (North or South) at the poles.

Longitudenoun

(geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.

Longitudenoun

Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.

Longitudenoun

(archaic) Length.

Longitudenoun

Length; measure or distance along the longest line; - distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense.

Longitudenoun

The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74° or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich.

Longitudenoun

The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is 79°.

Longitudenoun

an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator;

Longitude

Longitude (, AU and UK also ) is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the Earth's surface, or the surface of a celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek letter lambda (λ).