latitude

latitude
/lat"i toohd', -tyoohd'/, n.
1. Geog.
a. the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point.
b. a place or region as marked by this distance.
2. freedom from narrow restrictions; freedom of action, opinion, etc.: He allowed his children a fair amount of latitude.
3. Astron.
4. Photog. the ability of an emulsion to record the brightness values of a subject in their true proportion to one another, expressed as the ratio of the amount of brightness in the darkest possible value to the amount of brightness in the brightest: a latitude of 1 to 128.
[1350-1400; ME < L latitudo breadth, equiv. to lat(us) broad + -i- -I- + -tudo -TUDE]
Syn. 2. extent, liberty, indulgence. See range.

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