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# latitude

noun (latitude, latitudes)

«latitude» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Latitude is how far north or south a place is from the equator, measured in degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/latitude/#m1)
2. Lines of latitude are imaginary lines around the Earth, parallel to the equator. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/latitude/#m2)
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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/latitude/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/latitude/#x1)
- The North Pole is at 90 degrees north latitude. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/latitude/#x2)
- Places at high latitudes have very cold winters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/latitude/#x3)
- Find the town's latitude and longitude on the map. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/latitude/#x4)
- Lines of latitude run east to west. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/latitude/#x5)
- Our teacher gave us some latitude in choosing a book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/latitude/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «latitude» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/latitude/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«latitude» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/latitude.html) on Mova free.