terrestrial latitude

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• terrestrial latitude — noun : latitude on the earth compare astronomical latitude, geocentric latitude, geographical latitude …   Useful english dictionary

• Terrestrial refraction — Refraction Re*frac tion (r?*fr?k sh?n), n. [F. r[ e]fraction.] 1. The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted. [1913 Webster] 2. The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• latitude — Synonyms and related words: Antarctic Zone, Arctic Circle, Arctic Zone, Cartesian coordinates, Frigid Zones, Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, Torrid Zone, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Variable Zones …   Moby Thesaurus

• terrestrial winds — Wind patterns that prevail over large regions, planetary in size and on the average fairly constant in direction. They are a major component of the general circulation; a rising motion occurs in the low latitudes where low pressure is created by… …   Aviation dictionary

• Ecliptic latitude — Ecliptic latitude, or Celestial latitude, is one of the co ordinates which can be used to define the location of an astronomical object on the celestial sphere in the ecliptic coordinate system. In this system, the celestial sphere is divided… …   Wikipedia

• geocentric latitude — noun 1. : the celestial latitude of a body as seen from the earth s center 2. : the angle between the plane of the celestial equator and a line from the earth s center to a given point on the earth s surface compare terrestrial latitude …   Useful english dictionary

• astronomical latitude — noun : the angle between the plane of the earth s equator and the plumb line (direction of gravity) at a given point on the earth s surface compare terrestrial latitude …   Useful english dictionary

• geographical latitude — noun : the angle between the plane of the earth s equator and the line perpendicular to the standard spheroid at a given point on the earth s surface compare terrestrial latitude …   Useful english dictionary

• circle of latitude — 1. : a great circle perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic 2. : a meridian of the terrestrial sphere along which latitude is measured; sometimes : parallel of latitude * * * circle of latitude, 1. Astronomy. a great circle perpendicular to… …   Useful english dictionary

• Refraction of latitude — Refraction Re*frac tion (r?*fr?k sh?n), n. [F. r[ e]fraction.] 1. The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted. [1913 Webster] 2. The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Longitude — For Dava Sobel s book about John Harrison, see Longitude (book). For the adaptation of Sobel s book, see Longitude (TV series). Map of Earth Longitude (λ) Lines of longitude appear vertical with varying curvature in this projection, but are… …   Wikipedia