Associations to the word «Latitude»

Wiktionary

LATITUDE, noun. (geography) (astronomy) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
LATITUDE, noun. (geography) An imaginary line (in fact a circle) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.
LATITUDE, noun. The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.
LATITUDE, noun. (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
LATITUDE, noun. (photography) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
LATITUDE, noun. Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.

Dictionary definition

LATITUDE, noun. The angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself.
LATITUDE, noun. Freedom from normal restraints in conduct; "the new freedom in movies and novels"; "allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money".
LATITUDE, noun. An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.
LATITUDE, noun. Scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction.

Wise words

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad