LATITUDE

latitude. latitude, breadth, largnes

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latitude. Latitude, n. breadth, width, room, extent, distance, the distance from the equator north and south

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Lat″i‐tude (?), n. [[F. latitude, L. latitudo, fr. latus broad, wide, for older stlatus; perh. akin to E. strew.]] 1. 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. 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. 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. 4. Extent; size; amplitude; scope.
I pretend not to treat of them in their full latitude. Locke. 5. 5. (Geog.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.
6. 6. (Astron.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
Ascending latitude, Circle of latitude, Geographical latitude, etc. See under Ascending. Circle, etc. — 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.