latitude
part of speech
noun (latitude, latitudes)
meaning for a pupil
1) Latitude is how far north or south a place is from the equator, measured in degrees. tree →
2) Lines of latitude are imaginary lines around the Earth, parallel to the equator. tree →
3) (formal) Latitude is freedom to choose what to do or how to do it: "the teacher gave us some latitude with the topic". tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography lessons, the equator is at 0 degrees latitude and the poles are at 90 degrees north and south; latitude helps explain climate: places at low latitudes are hot, high latitudes cold. On maps, latitude and longitude together give an exact position. Phrases: lines of latitude, high latitude, low latitude, latitude and longitude.
examples
- The equator is at zero degrees latitude. tree →
- The North Pole is at 90 degrees north latitude. tree →
- Places at high latitudes have very cold winters. tree →
- Find the town's latitude and longitude on the map. tree →
- Lines of latitude run east to west. tree →
- Our teacher gave us some latitude in choosing a book. tree →
note
Latitude goes north–south (lines run east–west); longitude goes east–west (lines run north–south). Memory trick: latitude lines are like the rungs of a ladder ("lat" — flat). Measured in degrees, from 0 to 90.
In the corpora
- In the northern hemisphere, the height of the Pole Star above the horizon in degrees is roughly equal to your latitude.
- In the middle latitudes, such as over Britain, the main winds blow from the west and are called the westerlies.
- One degree of latitude is about 111 km, so going 2 degrees straight north is a journey of about 222 km.
- Latitude was found from the height of the Sun or the Pole Star in the sky.
- Latitude tells how far north or south a place is; longitude tells how far east or west.
Trees and pragmatics
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