Definition of Latitude

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Latitude

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

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

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

Extent; size; amplitude; scope.

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

The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.

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Latitude Quotations

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.
Charles Lamb

In every aspect of life, including the economic dimension, we are always challenged to do the right thing. In many cases in the market system, which allows a great deal of latitude for human choice, people can get carried away to excess.
Lee R. Raymond

It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state.
William H. Seward

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego.
John Cheever

Latitude Translations

latitude in French is latitude
latitude in German is Breite, Breitengrad
latitude in Norwegian is spillerom, breddegrad
latitude in Spanish is latitud
latitude in Swedish is latitud

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