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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Geodesy, Navigation, long volume value, Lines of latitude
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latitude
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The angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself WordNet 3.0
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The angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In geography, latitude is a coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the surface of the Earth or another celestial body. Wikipedia
Geographical term denoting the north–south angular location of a place on the Earth or other celestial bodies. Wikipedia Disambiguation
The angle between zenith and a plane parallel to the equator Wikidata
The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point. Wiktionary
Angular distance north or south from the equator. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
angular distance
geographical coordinates
angle
physical quantity
PART OF
Kavrayskiy VII projection
Miller cylindrical projection
HAS KIND
mid-latitude
geocentric latitude
Antarctic Circle
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
+5 relations
HAS INSTANCE
45th parallel north
DERIVATION
latitudinal
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
HAS QUALITY
unit of angle
OPPOSITE OF
longitude
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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latitude
Wikipedia
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latitude
Wikidata
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latitude
Wiktionary
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latitude
Wikipedia Redirections
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astronomic latitude, astronomical latitude, authalic latitude, conformal latitude, ellipsoidal-harmonic coordinates, geocentric latitude, geodetic latitude, geographic latitude, isometric latitude, Latetude, Latittude, latitude determination, latitudes, latitudinal, Lattitude, length of a degree of latitude, north latitude, parametric latitude, Planetocentric Latitude, rectifying latitude, Reduced latitude, South latitude, Terran latitude
Wikidata Alias
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angle of latitude

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