latitude
- Noun:
- Geographic coordinate: An angular distance, measured in degrees north or south from the Earth's equator. Lines of latitude are imaginary circles parallel to the equator.
- Scope for freedom: Freedom from restrictions in action, thought, or conduct; a permissible range of variation or deviation.
Geographic coordinate: The city of Rome is located at a latitude of approximately 42 degrees North.Sailors used the stars to determine their ship's latitude.
Scope for freedom: The manager gave her team considerable latitude in designing the project.The school's policy allows for some latitude in how students complete the assignment.
"Allow/give someone latitude": To grant someone freedom or scope to act or make decisions. The director gave the actor great latitude in interpreting the character.
"Within the latitude of": Falling within the acceptable range or scope of something. His proposal was within the latitude of options we had discussed.
Latitudinal (adj): Relating to or measured in terms of latitude. The latitudinal position of a country influences its climate.
Latitudinarian (adj/noun, historical/formal): Permitting freedom, especially in religious belief; a person with such views. He held latitudinarian views on church doctrine.
- Leeway: Allowance for freedom of action or variation.
- Scope: The extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant.
- Freedom: The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants.
- Restriction: A limiting condition or measure.
- Constraint: A limitation or restriction.
- Strictness: The quality or condition of being stringent and exacting.
- High latitudes: Regions far from the equator, towards the poles.
- Low latitudes: Regions near the equator.
- Line of latitude: An imaginary east-west circle connecting all locations with a given latitude (also called a parallel).
- scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
- freedom from normal restraints in conduct
- the new freedom in movies and novels
- allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money
- the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
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