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latitudinal
Variant of latitude
noun
- Rare breadth; width
- Rare extent; scope; range of applicability
- freedom from narrow restrictions; freedom of opinion, conduct, or action
- Geog.
- angular distance, measured in degrees, north or south from the equator: a ship at forty degrees north latitude
- a region or place as determined by such measurement
Related Forms:
- latitudinal adjective
- latitudinally adverb
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