parallel of latitude

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Noun

parallel of latitude - an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equatorline of latitude, parallel, latitudepolar circle - a line of latitude at the north or south poleshorse latitude - either of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south; characterized by calms and light-baffling windsline - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extenttropic - either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics

parallel of latitude

parallel of latitude:

see latitudelatitude,
angular distance of any point on the surface of the earth north or south of the equator. The equator is latitude 0°, and the North Pole and South Pole are latitudes 90°N and 90°S, respectively.
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Parallel of Latitude

the line of intersection of the surface of the globe with a plane parallel to the equator. All points lying on such a parallel have the same geographic latitude.

parallel of latitude

[′par·ə‚lel əv ′lad·ə‚tüd] (astronomy) circle of longitude (computer science) parallel

circle of longitude

i. A circle of the celestial sphere parallel to the ecliptic.
ii. A circle on the surface of the earth parallel to the plane of the equator. A parallel, along which longitude is measured. Also called parallel of latitude.

parallel

The line joining all points that are at the same latitude (i.e., parallel to the equator). See latitude. See also parallel of latitude.

parallel of latitude

Related to parallel of latitude: great circle, longitude, Tropic of Cancer, difference of latitude, Meridian of longitude

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Synonyms for parallel of latitude

noun an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

Synonyms

line of latitude
parallel
latitude

Related Words

polar circle
horse latitude
line
tropic