- variation of latitude
- : a small periodic change in the observed latitude of any place resulting from wandering of the poles
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
latitude — late 14c., breadth, from O.Fr. latitude (13c.) and directly from L. latitudo breadth, width, extent, size, from latus wide, from PIE root *stele to spread (Cf. O.C.S. steljo to spread out, Armenian lain broad ). Geographical sense also is from… … Etymology dictionary
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Geographical variation — Geographic Ge o*graph ic, Geographical Ge o*graph ic*al, a. [L. geographicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. g[ e]ographique.] Of or pertaining to geography. [1913 Webster] {Geographical distribution}. See under {Distribution}. {Geographic latitude} (of a place) … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Geographic latitude — Geographic Ge o*graph ic, Geographical Ge o*graph ic*al, a. [L. geographicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. g[ e]ographique.] Of or pertaining to geography. [1913 Webster] {Geographical distribution}. See under {Distribution}. {Geographic latitude} (of a place) … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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