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Webster 1913 Edition
Latitude
Lat′i-tude
,Noun.
[F.
latitude
, L. latitudo
, fr. latus
broad, wide, for older stlatus
; perh. akin to E. strew
.] 1.
Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.
Provided the length do not exceed the
latitude
above one third part. Sir H. Wotton.
2.
Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.
In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits described, but a
latitude
is indulged. Jer. Taylor.
3.
Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.
No discreet man will believe Augustine’s miracles, in the
latitude
of monkish relations. Fuller.
4.
Extent; size; amplitude; scope.
I pretend not to treat of them in their full
latitude
. Locke.
5.
(Geog.)
Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.
6.
(Astron.)
The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
Ascending latitude
, Circle of latitude
, Geographical latitude
High latitude
, that part of the earth's surface near either pole, esp. that part within either the arctic or the antarctic circle.
– Low latitude
, that part of the earth's surface which is near the equator.
Webster 1828 Edition
Latitude
LAT'ITUDE
,Noun.
1.
Breadth; width; extent from side to side.2.
Room; space.[In the foregoing senses, little used.]
3.
In astronomy, the distance of a star north or south of the ecliptic.4.
In geography, the distance of any place on the globe, north or south of the equator. Boston is situated in the forty third degree of north latitude.5.
Extent of meaning or construction; indefinite acceptation. The words will not bear this latitude of construction.6.
Extent of deviation from a settled point; freedom from rules or limits; laxity.In human actions, there are no degrees and precise natural limits described, but a latitude is indulged.
7.
Extent.I pretend not to treat of them in their full latitude.