Definition of latitude in English:

latitude

noun ˈlatɪtjuːdˈlædəˌt(j)ud

1The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of the equator of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
at a latitude of 51° N
mass noun lines of latitude
Example sentencesExamples
- Another way is that we need three numbers to exactly locate ourselves on the Earth: longitude, latitude and elevation above sea level.
- To picture the difference, start with the way geographers mark longitude and latitude on Earth's surface.
- We have about a 3-degree latitude in the steepness or the shallowness.
- Fifty-four degrees and forty minutes of north latitude was the northern boundary of the territory.
- Its goal is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location.
- The migration ranges as far south as 30-32 degrees north latitude off southern California and northern Baja, Mexico.
- They are primarily seen at 40 degrees south latitude, and they appear at many longitudes.
- We forget that Bethlehem is located in a desert, at a latitude of 31.68 degrees north, an elevation of 2,250 feet.
- Sami territory lies at latitudes above 62 degrees north, and much of it is above the Arctic Circle, with dark, cold winters and warm, light summers.
- The second and third groupings were obviously longitude and latitude coordinates.
- He sailed down to 40 degrees latitude but found there was no land.
- The spots are located at 38 degrees south latitude.
- To get your first map, determine the latitude and longitude of the center of your new map.
- However, we consider the force of her Saturn-Moon crossing to have some effect on the latitude of 53 degrees south around the entire globe.
- He said he crossed this ‘glacial’ or ‘submerged’ island near 88' N latitude.
- He suggested measuring latitude, the distance north or south of the equator, by determining the ratio of the longest to the shortest day at that place.
- The approximate center of the island group is eight degrees north latitude and 169 east longitude.
- The polar ice caps will expand to reach around 45 degrees latitude north and south.
- Go beyond 40 degrees south latitude, and you're in the Southern Ocean.
Synonyms
parallel, grid line
1. 1.1latitudes Regions, especially with reference to their temperature and distance from the equator.
  temperate latitudes
  northern latitudes
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the contemporary ocean, cysts tend to be most abundant in seas of temperate latitudes.
  Further research using this approach in the high southern latitudes is underway.
  As a result, there is much less interaction between the lower troposphere air masses of the polar regions and middle latitudes.
  As warmth gradually returns to the northern temperate latitudes, so do the birds that migrated south last autumn.
  Broad environmental conditions, particularly average temperatures, differ less among populations in equatorial regions than at higher latitudes.
  Thus animals able to develop in shallow bodies of water are to some extent buffered against the lower air temperature characteristic of high latitudes.
  This is a problem particularly in towns and regions situated at high latitudes - for example northern Europe.
  When these compounds reach upper latitudes and colder temperatures, they precipitate from the air and tend to stay trapped in whatever material they settle in.
  High southern latitudes were not invaded by angiosperms until the end of the Cretaceous.
  For observers at temperate northern latitudes, mid-May offers the year's best chance to see Mercury.
  Here in the temperate northern latitudes trees have adapted over eons of regular annual seasons.
  It is only at the highest latitudes that temperature will set additional physiologic limits.
  Inter-tidal communities are most extensive in temperate latitudes.
  Warm surface water is carried from the low latitudes to the higher polar latitudes as a surface current.
  For temperate latitudes, it is approximately ten nautical miles.
  The jump from polar to temperate latitudes is just as great as from temperate climates to tropical.
  Six nations, all at least partly situated in temperate latitudes, can expect the least warming.
  In temperate latitudes, such a long period includes seasonal changes in environmental conditions.
  The maximum speed of rotation is a little over 1,000 mph at the equator, with speeds a bit less in temperate latitudes.
2mass noun Scope for freedom of action or thought.
journalists have considerable latitude in criticizing public figures
Example sentencesExamples
- He had considerable latitude in negotiating with the Allies, and he was determined to make the best possible deal.
- As always, we gave our jury wide latitude to adjust the program.
- This implies that the job has been designed to require a wide range of qualifications and to offer considerable leeway or latitude in deciding what to do and how to do it.
- Well, I think that a president should be given wide latitude.
- Contracting parties are given considerable latitude, consistent with the doctrine of freedom of contract.
- Should this occur, allow your patient latitude to express these feelings.
- Essentially, his reading gives very wide latitude for both federal and state gun control laws.
- We struck back accordingly, giving our leaders considerable latitude to punish those who live by the sword.
- It has been argued that here are some basic rules that leave lots of latitude and freedom.
- This means that the governments will be left with considerable latitude in deciding the extent of tariff they intend imposing on certain necessary imports.
- Statutory language is sufficiently imprecise to permit considerable latitude in interpretation by the courts.
- He gives them considerable creative latitude while saving money on behind-the-scenes functions such as legal work and product sourcing.
- Rather, the nature of the orders themselves determines the latitude allowed in how they are carried out.
- This ruling permitted the crown officers administering the book trade considerable latitude in redistributing privileges.
- And I thought it would be great to have a character like that, who was like them, who had their freedom and latitude.
- Initially, the Supreme Court interpreted them very narrowly and states were permitted considerable latitude in what they did.
- Allow your children latitude - even to take a year off before starting college.
- Do you think there will be increasing latitude to get more substantial articles published?
- But they must be allowed more latitude to play what's immediately in front of them.
- He believed in giving people lots of latitude and flexibility and independence but within parameters.
Synonyms
freedom, scope, leeway, elbow room, breathing space, space, room, flexibility, liberty, independence, play, slack, free rein, free play, licence, self-determination, room to manoeuvre, scope for initiative, freedom of action, freedom from restriction, a free hand, margin, leisure, unrestrictedness, indulgence, laxity
informal wriggle room, wiggle room
French carte blanche
1. 2.1Photography The range of exposures for which an emulsion or printing paper will give acceptable contrast.
  a film with a latitude which is outstanding
  Example sentencesExamples
  That lack of exposure latitude in film is the second reason many photographs don't turn out the way we remember the scene.
  The actual exposures are close enough for just about any camera these days with the latitude in the films being so wide, so the other differences now will come down to user friendliness.
  I keep using a 35 mm, as the exposure latitude is so much better than with my digital compact.
  Film has a narrow latitude - a couple of stops - in which you can see an image.

Derivatives

latitudinal

adjective latɪˈtjuːdɪn(ə)lˌlædəˈt(j)udn(ə)l

Relating to the position of a place north or south of the earth's equator.
a country spread over a large latitudinal range
Example sentencesExamples
- Longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates for each livestock auction were used to determine the relationship between location and selling price using a regression analysis.
- We used a molecular fingerprinting technique to analyze the distribution and composition of eukaryotic picoplankton along latitudinal transects in the Southern Ocean.
- A third prominent hypothesis related to latitudinal variation in body size is that of countergradient variation, also known as the latitudinal compensation hypothesis.

latitudinally

adverblatɪˈtjuːdɪn(ə)liˌlædəˈt(j)ud(ə)nəli

Today, they are essentially either latitudinally or elevationally allopatric but do come into contact in a few areas that are intermediate in latitude or elevation.
Example sentencesExamples
- The other six species have not previously been reported to segregate latitudinally, but studies of segregation on Neotropical wintering grounds have been few.
- Cells on the primordium surface expand mostly latitudinally, while some contraction may take place in the meridional direction.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin latitudo 'breadth', from latus 'broad'.

lateral from Late Middle English:
This word meaning ‘at or to the side’ is from Latin lateralis, ‘side, broad’ also found in latitude (Late Middle English).

Rhymes

attitude, beatitude, gratitude, platitude

Definition of latitude in US English:

latitude

nounˈladəˌt(y)o͞odˈlædəˌt(j)ud

1The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
at a latitude of 51° N
lines of latitude
Example sentencesExamples
- The spots are located at 38 degrees south latitude.
- We have about a 3-degree latitude in the steepness or the shallowness.
- The approximate center of the island group is eight degrees north latitude and 169 east longitude.
- We forget that Bethlehem is located in a desert, at a latitude of 31.68 degrees north, an elevation of 2,250 feet.
- The second and third groupings were obviously longitude and latitude coordinates.
- Go beyond 40 degrees south latitude, and you're in the Southern Ocean.
- Its goal is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location.
- The migration ranges as far south as 30-32 degrees north latitude off southern California and northern Baja, Mexico.
- However, we consider the force of her Saturn-Moon crossing to have some effect on the latitude of 53 degrees south around the entire globe.
- They are primarily seen at 40 degrees south latitude, and they appear at many longitudes.
- He suggested measuring latitude, the distance north or south of the equator, by determining the ratio of the longest to the shortest day at that place.
- The polar ice caps will expand to reach around 45 degrees latitude north and south.
- Another way is that we need three numbers to exactly locate ourselves on the Earth: longitude, latitude and elevation above sea level.
- To picture the difference, start with the way geographers mark longitude and latitude on Earth's surface.
- To get your first map, determine the latitude and longitude of the center of your new map.
- Fifty-four degrees and forty minutes of north latitude was the northern boundary of the territory.
- Sami territory lies at latitudes above 62 degrees north, and much of it is above the Arctic Circle, with dark, cold winters and warm, light summers.
- He sailed down to 40 degrees latitude but found there was no land.
- He said he crossed this ‘glacial’ or ‘submerged’ island near 88' N latitude.
Synonyms
parallel, grid line
1. 1.1latitudes Regions, especially with reference to their temperature and distance from the equator.
  temperate latitudes
  northern latitudes
  Example sentencesExamples
  As a result, there is much less interaction between the lower troposphere air masses of the polar regions and middle latitudes.
  High southern latitudes were not invaded by angiosperms until the end of the Cretaceous.
  This is a problem particularly in towns and regions situated at high latitudes - for example northern Europe.
  For observers at temperate northern latitudes, mid-May offers the year's best chance to see Mercury.
  Thus animals able to develop in shallow bodies of water are to some extent buffered against the lower air temperature characteristic of high latitudes.
  Warm surface water is carried from the low latitudes to the higher polar latitudes as a surface current.
  Broad environmental conditions, particularly average temperatures, differ less among populations in equatorial regions than at higher latitudes.
  The jump from polar to temperate latitudes is just as great as from temperate climates to tropical.
  Here in the temperate northern latitudes trees have adapted over eons of regular annual seasons.
  The maximum speed of rotation is a little over 1,000 mph at the equator, with speeds a bit less in temperate latitudes.
  When these compounds reach upper latitudes and colder temperatures, they precipitate from the air and tend to stay trapped in whatever material they settle in.
  For temperate latitudes, it is approximately ten nautical miles.
  Further research using this approach in the high southern latitudes is underway.
  Inter-tidal communities are most extensive in temperate latitudes.
  Six nations, all at least partly situated in temperate latitudes, can expect the least warming.
  It is only at the highest latitudes that temperature will set additional physiologic limits.
  In temperate latitudes, such a long period includes seasonal changes in environmental conditions.
  As warmth gradually returns to the northern temperate latitudes, so do the birds that migrated south last autumn.
  In the contemporary ocean, cysts tend to be most abundant in seas of temperate latitudes.
2Scope for freedom of action or thought.
journalists have considerable latitude in criticizing public figures
Example sentencesExamples
- This implies that the job has been designed to require a wide range of qualifications and to offer considerable leeway or latitude in deciding what to do and how to do it.
- Initially, the Supreme Court interpreted them very narrowly and states were permitted considerable latitude in what they did.
- Should this occur, allow your patient latitude to express these feelings.
- Statutory language is sufficiently imprecise to permit considerable latitude in interpretation by the courts.
- But they must be allowed more latitude to play what's immediately in front of them.
- He had considerable latitude in negotiating with the Allies, and he was determined to make the best possible deal.
- It has been argued that here are some basic rules that leave lots of latitude and freedom.
- Rather, the nature of the orders themselves determines the latitude allowed in how they are carried out.
- This means that the governments will be left with considerable latitude in deciding the extent of tariff they intend imposing on certain necessary imports.
- He believed in giving people lots of latitude and flexibility and independence but within parameters.
- Contracting parties are given considerable latitude, consistent with the doctrine of freedom of contract.
- Allow your children latitude - even to take a year off before starting college.
- He gives them considerable creative latitude while saving money on behind-the-scenes functions such as legal work and product sourcing.
- And I thought it would be great to have a character like that, who was like them, who had their freedom and latitude.
- Do you think there will be increasing latitude to get more substantial articles published?
- We struck back accordingly, giving our leaders considerable latitude to punish those who live by the sword.
- As always, we gave our jury wide latitude to adjust the program.
- Essentially, his reading gives very wide latitude for both federal and state gun control laws.
- Well, I think that a president should be given wide latitude.
- This ruling permitted the crown officers administering the book trade considerable latitude in redistributing privileges.
Synonyms
freedom, scope, leeway, elbow room, breathing space, space, room, flexibility, liberty, independence, play, slack, free rein, free play, licence, self-determination, room to manoeuvre, scope for initiative, freedom of action, freedom from restriction, a free hand, margin, leisure, unrestrictedness, indulgence, laxity
1. 2.1Photography The range of exposures for which an emulsion or printing paper will give acceptable contrast.
  a film with a latitude that is outstanding
  Example sentencesExamples
  Film has a narrow latitude - a couple of stops - in which you can see an image.
  I keep using a 35 mm, as the exposure latitude is so much better than with my digital compact.
  That lack of exposure latitude in film is the second reason many photographs don't turn out the way we remember the scene.
  The actual exposures are close enough for just about any camera these days with the latitude in the films being so wide, so the other differences now will come down to user friendliness.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin latitudo ‘breadth’, from latus ‘broad’.

单词	latitude
释义	Definition of latitude in English: latitude noun ˈlatɪtjuːdˈlædəˌt(j)ud 1The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of the equator of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. at a latitude of 51° N mass noun lines of latitude Example sentencesExamples Another way is that we need three numbers to exactly locate ourselves on the Earth: longitude, latitude and elevation above sea level. To picture the difference, start with the way geographers mark longitude and latitude on Earth's surface. We have about a 3-degree latitude in the steepness or the shallowness. Fifty-four degrees and forty minutes of north latitude was the northern boundary of the territory. Its goal is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The migration ranges as far south as 30-32 degrees north latitude off southern California and northern Baja, Mexico. They are primarily seen at 40 degrees south latitude, and they appear at many longitudes. We forget that Bethlehem is located in a desert, at a latitude of 31.68 degrees north, an elevation of 2,250 feet. Sami territory lies at latitudes above 62 degrees north, and much of it is above the Arctic Circle, with dark, cold winters and warm, light summers. The second and third groupings were obviously longitude and latitude coordinates. He sailed down to 40 degrees latitude but found there was no land. The spots are located at 38 degrees south latitude. To get your first map, determine the latitude and longitude of the center of your new map. However, we consider the force of her Saturn-Moon crossing to have some effect on the latitude of 53 degrees south around the entire globe. He said he crossed this ‘glacial’ or ‘submerged’ island near 88' N latitude. He suggested measuring latitude, the distance north or south of the equator, by determining the ratio of the longest to the shortest day at that place. The approximate center of the island group is eight degrees north latitude and 169 east longitude. The polar ice caps will expand to reach around 45 degrees latitude north and south. Go beyond 40 degrees south latitude, and you're in the Southern Ocean. Synonyms parallel, grid line 1.1latitudes Regions, especially with reference to their temperature and distance from the equator. temperate latitudes northern latitudes Example sentencesExamples In the contemporary ocean, cysts tend to be most abundant in seas of temperate latitudes. Further research using this approach in the high southern latitudes is underway. As a result, there is much less interaction between the lower troposphere air masses of the polar regions and middle latitudes. As warmth gradually returns to the northern temperate latitudes, so do the birds that migrated south last autumn. Broad environmental conditions, particularly average temperatures, differ less among populations in equatorial regions than at higher latitudes. Thus animals able to develop in shallow bodies of water are to some extent buffered against the lower air temperature characteristic of high latitudes. This is a problem particularly in towns and regions situated at high latitudes - for example northern Europe. When these compounds reach upper latitudes and colder temperatures, they precipitate from the air and tend to stay trapped in whatever material they settle in. High southern latitudes were not invaded by angiosperms until the end of the Cretaceous. For observers at temperate northern latitudes, mid-May offers the year's best chance to see Mercury. Here in the temperate northern latitudes trees have adapted over eons of regular annual seasons. It is only at the highest latitudes that temperature will set additional physiologic limits. Inter-tidal communities are most extensive in temperate latitudes. Warm surface water is carried from the low latitudes to the higher polar latitudes as a surface current. For temperate latitudes, it is approximately ten nautical miles. The jump from polar to temperate latitudes is just as great as from temperate climates to tropical. Six nations, all at least partly situated in temperate latitudes, can expect the least warming. In temperate latitudes, such a long period includes seasonal changes in environmental conditions. The maximum speed of rotation is a little over 1,000 mph at the equator, with speeds a bit less in temperate latitudes. 2mass noun Scope for freedom of action or thought. journalists have considerable latitude in criticizing public figures Example sentencesExamples He had considerable latitude in negotiating with the Allies, and he was determined to make the best possible deal. As always, we gave our jury wide latitude to adjust the program. This implies that the job has been designed to require a wide range of qualifications and to offer considerable leeway or latitude in deciding what to do and how to do it. Well, I think that a president should be given wide latitude. Contracting parties are given considerable latitude, consistent with the doctrine of freedom of contract. Should this occur, allow your patient latitude to express these feelings. Essentially, his reading gives very wide latitude for both federal and state gun control laws. We struck back accordingly, giving our leaders considerable latitude to punish those who live by the sword. It has been argued that here are some basic rules that leave lots of latitude and freedom. This means that the governments will be left with considerable latitude in deciding the extent of tariff they intend imposing on certain necessary imports. Statutory language is sufficiently imprecise to permit considerable latitude in interpretation by the courts. He gives them considerable creative latitude while saving money on behind-the-scenes functions such as legal work and product sourcing. Rather, the nature of the orders themselves determines the latitude allowed in how they are carried out. This ruling permitted the crown officers administering the book trade considerable latitude in redistributing privileges. And I thought it would be great to have a character like that, who was like them, who had their freedom and latitude. Initially, the Supreme Court interpreted them very narrowly and states were permitted considerable latitude in what they did. Allow your children latitude - even to take a year off before starting college. Do you think there will be increasing latitude to get more substantial articles published? But they must be allowed more latitude to play what's immediately in front of them. He believed in giving people lots of latitude and flexibility and independence but within parameters. Synonyms freedom, scope, leeway, elbow room, breathing space, space, room, flexibility, liberty, independence, play, slack, free rein, free play, licence, self-determination, room to manoeuvre, scope for initiative, freedom of action, freedom from restriction, a free hand, margin, leisure, unrestrictedness, indulgence, laxity informal wriggle room, wiggle room French carte blanche 2.1Photography The range of exposures for which an emulsion or printing paper will give acceptable contrast. a film with a latitude which is outstanding Example sentencesExamples That lack of exposure latitude in film is the second reason many photographs don't turn out the way we remember the scene. The actual exposures are close enough for just about any camera these days with the latitude in the films being so wide, so the other differences now will come down to user friendliness. I keep using a 35 mm, as the exposure latitude is so much better than with my digital compact. Film has a narrow latitude - a couple of stops - in which you can see an image. Derivatives latitudinal adjective latɪˈtjuːdɪn(ə)lˌlædəˈt(j)udn(ə)l Relating to the position of a place north or south of the earth's equator. a country spread over a large latitudinal range Example sentencesExamples Longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates for each livestock auction were used to determine the relationship between location and selling price using a regression analysis. We used a molecular fingerprinting technique to analyze the distribution and composition of eukaryotic picoplankton along latitudinal transects in the Southern Ocean. A third prominent hypothesis related to latitudinal variation in body size is that of countergradient variation, also known as the latitudinal compensation hypothesis. latitudinally adverblatɪˈtjuːdɪn(ə)liˌlædəˈt(j)ud(ə)nəli Today, they are essentially either latitudinally or elevationally allopatric but do come into contact in a few areas that are intermediate in latitude or elevation. Example sentencesExamples The other six species have not previously been reported to segregate latitudinally, but studies of segregation on Neotropical wintering grounds have been few. Cells on the primordium surface expand mostly latitudinally, while some contraction may take place in the meridional direction. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin latitudo 'breadth', from latus 'broad'. lateral from Late Middle English: This word meaning ‘at or to the side’ is from Latin lateralis, ‘side, broad’ also found in latitude (Late Middle English). Rhymes attitude, beatitude, gratitude, platitude Definition of latitude in US English: latitude nounˈladəˌt(y)o͞odˈlædəˌt(j)ud 1The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. at a latitude of 51° N lines of latitude Example sentencesExamples The spots are located at 38 degrees south latitude. We have about a 3-degree latitude in the steepness or the shallowness. The approximate center of the island group is eight degrees north latitude and 169 east longitude. We forget that Bethlehem is located in a desert, at a latitude of 31.68 degrees north, an elevation of 2,250 feet. The second and third groupings were obviously longitude and latitude coordinates. Go beyond 40 degrees south latitude, and you're in the Southern Ocean. Its goal is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The migration ranges as far south as 30-32 degrees north latitude off southern California and northern Baja, Mexico. However, we consider the force of her Saturn-Moon crossing to have some effect on the latitude of 53 degrees south around the entire globe. They are primarily seen at 40 degrees south latitude, and they appear at many longitudes. He suggested measuring latitude, the distance north or south of the equator, by determining the ratio of the longest to the shortest day at that place. The polar ice caps will expand to reach around 45 degrees latitude north and south. Another way is that we need three numbers to exactly locate ourselves on the Earth: longitude, latitude and elevation above sea level. To picture the difference, start with the way geographers mark longitude and latitude on Earth's surface. To get your first map, determine the latitude and longitude of the center of your new map. Fifty-four degrees and forty minutes of north latitude was the northern boundary of the territory. Sami territory lies at latitudes above 62 degrees north, and much of it is above the Arctic Circle, with dark, cold winters and warm, light summers. He sailed down to 40 degrees latitude but found there was no land. He said he crossed this ‘glacial’ or ‘submerged’ island near 88' N latitude. Synonyms parallel, grid line 1.1latitudes Regions, especially with reference to their temperature and distance from the equator. temperate latitudes northern latitudes Example sentencesExamples As a result, there is much less interaction between the lower troposphere air masses of the polar regions and middle latitudes. High southern latitudes were not invaded by angiosperms until the end of the Cretaceous. This is a problem particularly in towns and regions situated at high latitudes - for example northern Europe. For observers at temperate northern latitudes, mid-May offers the year's best chance to see Mercury. Thus animals able to develop in shallow bodies of water are to some extent buffered against the lower air temperature characteristic of high latitudes. Warm surface water is carried from the low latitudes to the higher polar latitudes as a surface current. Broad environmental conditions, particularly average temperatures, differ less among populations in equatorial regions than at higher latitudes. The jump from polar to temperate latitudes is just as great as from temperate climates to tropical. Here in the temperate northern latitudes trees have adapted over eons of regular annual seasons. The maximum speed of rotation is a little over 1,000 mph at the equator, with speeds a bit less in temperate latitudes. When these compounds reach upper latitudes and colder temperatures, they precipitate from the air and tend to stay trapped in whatever material they settle in. For temperate latitudes, it is approximately ten nautical miles. Further research using this approach in the high southern latitudes is underway. Inter-tidal communities are most extensive in temperate latitudes. Six nations, all at least partly situated in temperate latitudes, can expect the least warming. It is only at the highest latitudes that temperature will set additional physiologic limits. In temperate latitudes, such a long period includes seasonal changes in environmental conditions. As warmth gradually returns to the northern temperate latitudes, so do the birds that migrated south last autumn. In the contemporary ocean, cysts tend to be most abundant in seas of temperate latitudes. 2Scope for freedom of action or thought. journalists have considerable latitude in criticizing public figures Example sentencesExamples This implies that the job has been designed to require a wide range of qualifications and to offer considerable leeway or latitude in deciding what to do and how to do it. Initially, the Supreme Court interpreted them very narrowly and states were permitted considerable latitude in what they did. Should this occur, allow your patient latitude to express these feelings. Statutory language is sufficiently imprecise to permit considerable latitude in interpretation by the courts. But they must be allowed more latitude to play what's immediately in front of them. He had considerable latitude in negotiating with the Allies, and he was determined to make the best possible deal. It has been argued that here are some basic rules that leave lots of latitude and freedom. Rather, the nature of the orders themselves determines the latitude allowed in how they are carried out. This means that the governments will be left with considerable latitude in deciding the extent of tariff they intend imposing on certain necessary imports. He believed in giving people lots of latitude and flexibility and independence but within parameters. Contracting parties are given considerable latitude, consistent with the doctrine of freedom of contract. Allow your children latitude - even to take a year off before starting college. He gives them considerable creative latitude while saving money on behind-the-scenes functions such as legal work and product sourcing. And I thought it would be great to have a character like that, who was like them, who had their freedom and latitude. Do you think there will be increasing latitude to get more substantial articles published? We struck back accordingly, giving our leaders considerable latitude to punish those who live by the sword. As always, we gave our jury wide latitude to adjust the program. Essentially, his reading gives very wide latitude for both federal and state gun control laws. Well, I think that a president should be given wide latitude. This ruling permitted the crown officers administering the book trade considerable latitude in redistributing privileges. Synonyms freedom, scope, leeway, elbow room, breathing space, space, room, flexibility, liberty, independence, play, slack, free rein, free play, licence, self-determination, room to manoeuvre, scope for initiative, freedom of action, freedom from restriction, a free hand, margin, leisure, unrestrictedness, indulgence, laxity 2.1Photography The range of exposures for which an emulsion or printing paper will give acceptable contrast. a film with a latitude that is outstanding Example sentencesExamples Film has a narrow latitude - a couple of stops - in which you can see an image. I keep using a 35 mm, as the exposure latitude is so much better than with my digital compact. That lack of exposure latitude in film is the second reason many photographs don't turn out the way we remember the scene. The actual exposures are close enough for just about any camera these days with the latitude in the films being so wide, so the other differences now will come down to user friendliness. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin latitudo ‘breadth’, from latus ‘broad’.
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