The definition of latitude is the measurement of a part of the Earth in relation to the north or south of the Earth's equator or the amount of freedom someone is given to deviate from a normal thought pattern or behavior.
(noun)See latitude in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: OFr < L latitudo < latus, wide: see lateral
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English, geographical latitude
Origin: , from Old French, width
Origin: , from Latin lātitūdō, width, geographical latitude
Origin: , from lātus, wide
.Related Forms:
latitude
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