latitude

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noun

Plural noun:

latitudes

1.
(countable)(geography, astronomy, countable) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
2.
(countable, uncountable)(geography) 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
Đồng nghĩa: parallel
3.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.
His parents gave him a great deal of latitude.
Đồng nghĩa: leeway
4.
(countable, uncountable)(astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
5.
(countable, uncountable)(photography) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
6.
(countable, uncountable)Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.

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Đồng nghĩa

parallel leeway

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Nguồn gốc từ

Borrowed into Middle English - from Old French latitude, from Latin lātitūdō (breadth, width, latitude), from lātus (broad, wide), from older stlātus. Possibly related with lateral, though this is uncertain.