01 n. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.
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Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.“Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above one third part.” — Sir H. Wotton.
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Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.“In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits described, but a latitude is indulged.” — Jer. Taylor.
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Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.“No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles, in the latitude of monkish relations.” — Fuller.
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Extent; size; amplitude; scope.“I pretend not to treat of them in their full latitude.” — Locke.
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Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.(Geog.)
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The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.(Astron.)