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latitude, from the Latin
latitudo, breadth, one of the two spherical
coordinates used to describe a terrestrial position, the other being
longitude. The latitude of a point on the earth's surface will be the angular measure between that point and the plane of the equator along the
meridian on which the point is located. This is equivalent to the corresponding angle at the earth's centre. The earth's shape, however, is not an exact sphere so that these two angles do not coincide exactly except for points on the equator (latitude 0° or 90°). Geographical latitude is equivalent to the true
altitude of the elevated celestial pole. See also
nautical mile.
Mike Richey
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latitude
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middle-latitude tropospheric circulations
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
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