Latitude Meaning
/ˈlætɪtjuːd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
nounAn imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.
Sentence Examples
Tasmania is on the 40 degrees South latitude.
Please give me some latitude this time.
Algeria is at the same latitude as Washington DC.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ship's captain measured the ____ to know how far north they were.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The climate of a region is greatly influenced by its ____, which is its distance from the equator today.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The oat is hardier than wheat, and ripens in higher latitudes."
— 1880, Arthur Herbert Church, Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses, London: Chapman and Hall, page 72:
"Far from the center of Shang civilization, Wu-ch'eng is located well south of the Yangtze at approximately the same latitude as Ch'ang-sha in the west and Wen-chou in the east."
— 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare, Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 137:
""Love!" ejaculated the Comtesse; "And so throw away the chances of a life upon a month of honey!—I say a month, which is allowing a latitude tenderness never took..."
— 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 208:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ship's captain measured the ____ to know how far north they were.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The climate of a region is greatly influenced by its ____, which is its distance from the equator today.