latitude

latitude: the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point.



>> >> >> >> >> >> Average temperatures vary strongly with latitude. >> A region's latitude has a great effect on its [|climate] and [|weather] (see //[|Effect of sun angle on climate]//). Latitude more loosely determines tendencies in [|polar auroras], [|prevailing winds], and other physical characteristics of geographic locations. >> Researchers at [|Harvard]'s Center for International Development (CID) found in 2001 that only three [|tropical] economies — [|Hong Kong], [|Singapore], and [|Taiwan] — were classified as high-income by the [|World Bank], while all countries within regions zoned as [|temperate] had either middle- or high-income economies. [|[1]] The validity of the Harvard report may be questioned because a different threshold is used for the tropical regions and the World Bank list fails to include Qatar's, United Arab Emirates', and Kuwait's economies. Further, countries such as Brazil have far better incomes than much of the Former Soviet Union and Iron Curtain states >> || Part of Speech: || //noun// || >> || Definition: || freedom, room to move; scope || >> || Synonyms: || [|breadth], [|compass], elbow room, [|extent], [|independence], [|indulgence], laxity, [|leeway], [|liberty], [|license], margin, [|play], [|range], [|reach], [|room], [|run], run of, [|space], [|span], [|spread], [|sweep], [|swing], unrestrictedness, width || >> || Antonyms: || [|limitation], [|restriction] ||
 * [|Arctic Circle]: 66° 33′ 39″ N
 * [|Tropic of Cancer]: 23° 26′ 21″ N
 * [|Equator]: 0° Latitude
 * [|Tropic of Capricorn]: 23° 26′ 21″ S
 * [|Antarctic Circle]: 66° 33′ 39" S
 * Main Entry: || **latitude** ||