Definitions for latitude

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latitude lat·i·tude

Spelling: [lat-i-tood, -tyood]

IPA: /ˈlæt ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud/

Latitude is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 235 anagrams from letters in latitude (adeilttu).

Definitions for latitude

noun

1. Geography. the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point. a place or region as marked by this distance.
2. freedom from narrow restrictions; freedom of action, opinion, etc.:
3. Astronomy. celestial latitude. galactic latitude.
4. Photography. the ability of an emulsion to record the brightness values of a subject in their true proportion to one another, expressed as the ratio of the amount of brightness in the darkest possible value to the amount of brightness in the brightest:

Origin of latitude

1350-1400; Middle English Latin lātitūdō breadth, equivalent to lāt(us) broad + -i- -i- + -tūdō -tude

Examples for latitude

She likes to use "grand words" like latitude and longitude; her biggest fear is to appear "ignorant."

By observation, the camp was in latitude 31 degrees 42 minutes South.

The license covers half the area of the Golan from the latitude of Katzrin in the north to Tzemach in the south.

The tracks may be Mr. Giles's, as I cannot think Mr. Gosse could be out in his latitude.

Or the party might allow an insider some latitude to edge back toward the political center.

latitude 25 degrees 52 minutes from mean of two observations.

The longitude between Queens and the Kremlin gave Channel One some latitude.

By meridian altitude of sun, camp is in latitude 31 degrees 53 minutes South.

The good news is that the “mostly guilty” verdict means that the judge has latitude in considering a sentence.

latitude of camp 26 degrees 42 minutes 43 seconds by Regulus.