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latitude

/lat-i-tood, -tyood/US // ˈlæt ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud //UK // (ˈlætɪˌtjuːd) //

纬度,纬线

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Geography. the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point.a place or region as marked by this distance.
    • : freedom from narrow restrictions; freedom of action, opinion, etc.: He allowed his children a fair amount of latitude.
    • : Astronomy. celestial latitude. galactic latitude.
    • : Photography. the ability of an emulsion to record the brightness values of a subject in their true proportion to one another, expressed as the ratio of the amount of brightness in the darkest possible value to the amount of brightness in the brightest: a latitude of 1 to 128.

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Examples

  • “Permafrost is a feature that has been part of the underground landscape in high latitudes for a long time,” says Sawyer at Ohio State.

  • As the MJO moves across and out of the Maritime Continent, it triggers stronger circulation patterns that push air toward higher latitudes.

  • For example, you can add a metric structure to the surface of a ball, like longitude and latitude lines on a globe.

  • Occasionally, designers are granted the creative latitude to create mascots from the ground up, in any shape or taxonomy.

  • The latitude where this forest once existed, 82° S, is a paleolatitude, Gramling says.

  • Normally at high latitude you feel really unwell, but I drank it and felt rejuvenated.

  • A judge there would have wide latitude in sentencing and could send the colonel to prison.

  • The longitude between Queens and the Kremlin gave Channel One some latitude.

  • The NSA might gain additional latitude when the software it wants to exploit is no longer supported by its parent company.

  • To be sure, this is fiction, and we must give the screenwriters wide latitude.

  • It succeeds best in a deep rich loam in a climate ranging from forty to fifty degrees of latitude.

  • The French navigator, De Pages, passed the 81st degree of north latitude, in an attempt to reach the pole.

  • Between 1° and 2°, or 3° North latitude, frequent changes in the weather are very common.

  • From 2° to 3° South latitude the wind is very irregular, and frequently excessively violent.

  • Between 10° and 20° South latitude we again met with very peculiar prevalent winds.