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Webster 1913 Edition


Colatitude

Co-lat′i-tude

(?; 134)
,
Noun.
[Formed like
cosine
. See
Cosine
.]
The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.

Definition 2024


colatitude

colatitude

English

Noun

colatitude (plural colatitudes)

  1. (astronomy) The complement, in spherical coordinates, of a latitude (the difference between a latitude and 90°).