latitude

1. n. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width. Source: opted

2. n. Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence. Source: opted

3. n. Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc. Source: opted

4. n. Extent; size; amplitude; scope. Source: opted

5. n. Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian. Source: opted

6. n. The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic. Source: opted

7. n. the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself Source: wordnet

8. n. freedom from normal restraints in conduct Source: wordnet

9. n. an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator Source: wordnet

10. n. scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction Source: wordnet

11. 1. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width. Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above one third part. Sir H. Wotton. 2. Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence. In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits described, but a latitude is indulged. Jer. Taylor. 3. Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc. No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles, in the latitude of monkish relations. Fuller. 4. Extent; size; amplitude; scope. I pretend not to treat of them in their full latitude. Locke. 5. (Geog.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian. 6. (Astron.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic. 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. Source: webster

12. Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian. Source: adambom

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