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• It's a very creative job, allowing us a great deal of latitude.From the entry -ing
• The star-studded sky at that latitude was breathtakingly clear and bright.From the entry star-studded
• At these high latitudes, one can grow weary of the daylessness in the dark season.From the entry daylessness
• The area is computed by latitudes and departures.From the entry departure
• The horizontal neatlines were formed by lines of latitude.From the entry neatline
• In January, the coldest part of Siberia lies within a −20°C isabnormal; it is 20°C colder than the average temperature along its latitude.From the entry isabnormal
• Above 32 degrees latitude in the Atlantic Ocean, commercial fishing vessels must carry immersion suits.2025 October 21, Rose George, “‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose”, in The Guardian. From the entry PFD
• Below that latitude, they must carry lifejackets, also known as personal flotation devices (PFDs).2025 October 21, Rose George, “‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose”, in The Guardian. From the entry PFD
• Gletcher and sea ice should be distinguished among the ice covering the sea surface in high latitudes.2009, M. G. Khublaryan, edited by Martin Gaikovich Khublaryan, Types and Properties of Waters (Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems; 1)…. From the entry gletcher ice
• “Inordinate attention from the middle latitudes,” proclaimed Miles, with a sort of vatic swoon in his voice.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 129. From the entry vatic
• The traverse miscloses by +0.44 ft in latitudes and +0.20 ft in departures.2003, Paul A. Cuomo, Surveying Principles for Civil Engineers, page 47. From the entry misclose
• The Senate version of the House measure now bobs quietly in the horse latitudes of legislative inaction.2000 July 24, Froma Harrop, “When a tax-free Internet robs the states, guess who they will tax?”, in Free Lance-Star, retrieved 16 May…. From the entry horse latitudes
• It includes the latitudes sailors long-ago nicknamed the roaring forties, the furious fifties, and the screaming sixties.1998, Derek Lundy, chapter 1, in Godforsaken Sea: Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters, page 5. From the entry roaring forties
• After months in the horse latitudes, retail and auto sales are scudding along at a brisk pace.1961 December 15, “State of Business: Hardening the Soft Spots”, in Time. From the entry horse latitudes
• Tree races develop not only in different latitudes, but also at different altitudes and within mountainous regions.1948 June, “Development of Races”, in Woody-Plant Seed Manual, Miscellaneous Publication no. 654, Washington, D.C.: United States…. From the entry race
• This "Plum-rain" season begins earlier in the lower latitude and progresses to the higher latitude.1929, Y[oshitarō] Takenobu [ja], “Geography”, in The Japan Year Book: Complete Cyclopaedia of General Information and Statistics on Japan…. From the entry plum rain
• But if she were sailing due south, her latitude would change to the tune of twenty-four miles.1911 June, Jack London, The Cruise of the Snark, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC. From the entry traverse table
• Cryerts are most extensive in the grassland and forest-grassland transitions zones of the Canadian Prairies and at similar latitudes in Russia.2018, Khan Towhid Osman, Management of Soil Problems, page 119. From the entry cryert
• Map locations in the Android mapping classes are represented by GeoPoint objects, which contain latitude and longitude measured in microdegrees.2010, Reto Meier, Professional Android 2 Application Development, page 264. From the entry microdegree
• First a map of the world appeared in greens and blues on the screen, overlaid with lines of latitude and longitude.2009, Don Pendleton, Interception, page 69. From the entry cyberwizard
• This study also analyzed the sources of variations over an environmental gradient extending from low (subtropical) to high (sub-Antarctic) latitudes.2007, Zoological Studies, volume 46, iissues 1-3, page 371. From the entry high
• The new regime allowed for an incredible latitude of flexibility but also an equal shoulderful of additional responsibility.2001, Bart Wheeler, Barn-Like Rome, page 142. From the entry shoulderful
• Funny peculiar: Ganymede promising latitude, if not liberation.1998 April 2, John Lyttle, “By Zeus, are you ready for the golden boy - Ganymede Redux?”, in The Independent, London: Independent News &…. From the entry nancy
• Its official demarcation is forty degrees south latitude.1998, Derek Lundy, chapter 1, in Godforsaken Sea: Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters, page 5. From the entry roaring forties
• Since climate changes markedly with altitude as well as latitude, both kinds of development are included in the term climatic races.1948 June, “Development of Races”, in Woody-Plant Seed Manual, Miscellaneous Publication no. 654, Washington, D.C.: United States…. From the entry race
• In which case a simple addition or subtraction would convert the twelve o'clock latitude into eight o'clock latitude.1911 June, Jack London, The Cruise of the Snark, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC. From the entry traverse table
• Utah has a shorter ideal peakbagging season than the other southwestern states owing to its higher highpoint elevations and a more northerly latitude.2014, Adam J. Helman, A Tale of Twelve Summers, →ISBN, page 127. From the entry peakbagging
• We report 5 kHz narrowband Z mode emissions observed by the Cassini Radio and Plasma Waves Science (RPWS) instrument during high latitude perikrone passes.2012, Issues in Earth Sciences, Geology, and Geophysics, →ISBN. From the entry perikrone
• A ewogram is similar to a keogram except that the vertical axis is magnetic longitude instead of magnetic latitude for a keogram.2011 June 21, William Liu, Masaki Fujimoto, “Part II Magnetotail Dynamics”, in The Dynamic Magnetosphere, illustrated edition, volume 3…. From the entry keogram
• Consequently, to achieve closure, (+) latitudes must be reduced, (-) latitudes must be increased, (+) departures must be reduced, and (-) departures must be increased.2003, Paul A. Cuomo, Surveying Principles for Civil Engineers, page 47. From the entry misclose
• Trans-Atlantic mariners wanted the wind dead on the stern, so they could run with it, sticking to the same latitude—a method called easting and westing.1997, Mark Kurlansky, “Chapter 4: 1620: The Rock and the Cod”, in Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, Walker, →ISBN. From the entry sun
• The location of the primary impact crater was 25° 55’ north latitude, 80° 35’ west longitude, or approximately 17 miles northwest of MIA.1997, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.1 History of Flight”, in Aircraft Accident Report: In-Flight Fire and Impact with Terrain…. From the entry impact crater
• Because of the high latitude, and being located in the east of the mainland, this is the coldest region in the country.1962 September 21 [1959], Sun Ching-chih (1327 2417 0037) [孫敬之], editor, Economic Geography of Northeast China (Liaoning, Kirin…. From the entry Hei-ho
• For instance, Eudoxus ignored the sun's anomalistic motion in longitude, but he believed in a motion in latitude which does not exist.1953, B. L. van der Waerden, “History of the Zodiac”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, volume 16, page 225. From the entry anomalistic
• The term South Africa is meant to apply to the region south of the 15° latitude and not to political South Africa.1923, R. W. E. Tucker, “The Drassidae of South Africa (Arachnida)”, in Annals of the South African Museum, volume XIX, page 251. From the entry arachnologically
• Peters, viz.: that the instrument used for the longitudes of the original catalogue was graduated differently to that used for the latitudes.1915, Edward Knobel, Ptolemy's Catalogue of Stars – A Revision of the Almagest, page 14 (showing that "to" was used by an Englishman in…. From the entry different
• However, he found that features more prone to show environmental effects (whether phenotypically plastic or otherwise) separated the tropical Jebel Sahaba skeletons from their penecontemporaries at higher latitudes.2013, Trenton W. Holliday, “Population Affinities of the Jebel Sahaba Skeletal Sample: Limb Proportion Evidence”, in International Journal…. From the entry penecontemporary

Meaning of latitude

1. noun The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
2. noun An imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.
3. noun The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.

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Questions about latitude in a sentence

How do you use latitude in a sentence?

Latitude is used as a noun. For example: “His parents gave him a great deal of latitude.”

What is a short sentence with latitude?

“snow showers in the northerly latitudes”

What does latitude mean?

Latitude means the angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.