meaning of latitudes
1. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.
2. Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.
3. Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc. ; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.
4. Extent; size; amplitude; scope.
5. Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.
6. The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
7. scope for freedom of e. g. action or thought; freedom from restriction
Related Words
latitude | latitudinal | latitudinarian | latitudinarianism | latitudinous |
