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latitude 音標拼音: [l'ætət ,ud] n. 緯度,范圍 緯度,範圍 latitude n 1: the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself 2: freedom from normal restraints in conduct; " the new freedom in movies and novels"; " allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money" 3: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator [ synonym: { latitude}, { line of latitude}, { parallel of latitude}, { parallel}] 4: scope for freedom of e. g. action or thought; freedom from restrictionLatitude \ Lat" i* tude\, n. [ F. latitude, L. latitudo, fr. latus broad, wide, for older stlatus; perh. akin to E. strew.] 1. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width. [ 1913 Webster] Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above one third part. -- Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence. [ 1913 Webster] In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits described, but a latitude is indulged. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc. [ 1913 Webster] No discreet man will believe Augustine' s miracles, in the latitude of monkish relations. -- Fuller. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Extent; size; amplitude; scope. [ 1913 Webster] I pretend not to treat of them in their full latitude. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Geog.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Astron.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic. [ 1913 Webster] { Ascending latitude}, { Circle of latitude}, { Geographical latitude}, etc. See under { Ascending}. { Circle}, etc. { High latitude}, that part of the earth' s surface near either pole, esp. that part within either the arctic or the antarctic circle. { Low latitude}, that part of the earth' s surface which is near the equator. [ 1913 Webster]
Heliocentric \ He` li* o* cen" tric\ ( h[= e]` l[ i^]*[- o]* s[ e^] n" tr[ i^] k), Heliocentrical\ He` li* o* cen" tric" al\ ( h[= e]` l[ i^]*[- o]* s[ e^] n" tr[ i^]* kal), a. [ Helio- centric, centrical: cf. F. h[' e] liocentrique.] ( Astron.) pertaining to the sun' s center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; -- opposed to { geocentrical}. [ 1913 Webster] { Heliocentric parallax}. See under { Parallax}. { Heliocentric place}, { latitude}, { longitude}, etc. ( of a heavenly body), the direction, latitude, longitude, etc., of the body as viewed from the sun. [ 1913 Webster] 151 Moby Thesaurus words for " latitude": Antarctic Zone, Arctic Circle, Arctic Zone, Cartesian coordinates, Frigid Zones, Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, Torrid Zone, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Variable Zones, abscissa, aeronautical chart, air space, altitude, ample scope, amplitude, astronomical chart, atlas, azimuth, azimuthal equidistant projection, azimuthal projection, beam, blank check, breadth, broad gauge, broad- mindedness, broadness, carte blanche, cartographer, cartography, celestial chart, celestial globe, chart, chorographer, chorography, clearance, climate, climatic chart, clime, conic projection, contour line, contour map, cylindrical coordinates, cylindrical projection, declination, distance across, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenicity, ecumenism, elbowroom, equator, equator coordinates, expanse, extent, field, free course, free hand, free play, free scope, full scope, full swing, fullness, general reference map, globe, gnomonic projection, graphic scale, grid line, hachure, headroom, heliographic chart, horse latitudes, hydrographic chart, index, isoline, large- mindedness, layer tint, leeway, legend, long rope, longitude, longitude in arc, maneuvering space, map, map maker, map projection, mapper, margin, meridian, no holds barred, noninsularity, open space, ordinate, parallel, photogrammetrist, photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map, play, polar coordinates, political map, polyconic projection, prime meridian, projection, range, relief map, representative fraction, right ascension, road map, roaring forties, room, room to spare, rope, scale, scope, sea room, sinusoidal projection, space, spacious mind, span, spare room, special map, spread, subtropics, swing, terrain map, terrestrial globe, the line, thematic map, tolerance, topographer, topographic chart, topography, transportation map, tropic, tropics, unbigotedness, unhideboundness, unparochialism, unprovincialism, way, weather chart, weather map, wide berth, wide- mindedness, wideness, width, zone
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