latitude
Definition of latitude:
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part of speech: noun
The distance of a place north or south from the equator: the angular distance of a celestial body from the ecliptic: fig. extent of signification: freedom from restraint: scope.
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part of speech: noun
On the earth, the distance of any place in a direct line north or south from the equator, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds,- if in the northern hemisphere, it is said to be in north latitude, if in the southern, south latitude; unrestrained meaning or freedom; laxity.
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Common misspellings:
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- lattitute (3.0%)
- latidude (6.1%)
- latitued (3.0%)
- lattitude (53.0%)
- latitute (3.0%)
- latatude (12.1%)
- lat (4.5%)
- latitutde (3.0%)
- latittude (3.0%)
- laditude (3.0%)
- latitdue (3.0%)
- lattidude (3.0%)
