Difference between revisions of "Latitude"
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| − | '''latitude''' (''pl.'' latitudes; | + | '''latitude''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' latitudes; [[Category:Biogeography term]][[:Category:Biogeography term|biogeography term]]; ''synonym:'' [[parallel]]) – virtual lines running horizontally around the globe; equidistant to one another, parallel to the north and south of the equator. |
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Latest revision as of 02:00, 7 December 2005
latitude (noun, pl. latitudes;biogeography term; synonym: parallel) – virtual lines running horizontally around the globe; equidistant to one another, parallel to the north and south of the equator.
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