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Latitude \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.
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Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above
one third part. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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2. Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence,
looseness; laxity; independence.
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In human actions there are no degrees and precise
natural limits described, but a latitude is
indulged. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.;
extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.
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No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles,
in the latitude of monkish relations. --Fuller.
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4. Extent; size; amplitude; scope.
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I pretend not to treat of them in their full
latitude. --Locke.
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5. (Geog.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured
on a meridian.
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6. (Astron.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the
ecliptic.
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{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.
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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}.
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{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.
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