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• latitude — lat‧i‧tude [ˈlættjuːd ǁ tuːd] noun [uncountable] JOURNALISM freedom to choose what you do or say: latitude in • The new guidelines give banks more latitude in making loans. • States generally have wide latitude in setting tax policies. * * *… …   Financial and business terms

• latitude — noun 1 geographical position ADJECTIVE ▪ high, low ▪ northern, southern ▪ polar, temperate, tropical ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Latitude — Lat i*tude, n. [F. latitude, L. latitudo, fr. latus broad, wide, for older stlatus; perh. akin to E. strew.] 1. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width. [1913 Webster] Provided the length do not… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• latitude — [lat′ə to͞od΄, lat′ətyo͞od΄] n. [OFr < L latitudo < latus, wide: see LATERAL] 1. Rare breadth; width 2. Rare extent; scope; range of applicability 3. freedom from narrow restrictions; freedom of opinion, conduct, or action 4. see… …   English World dictionary

• latitude — late 14c., breadth, from O.Fr. latitude (13c.) and directly from L. latitudo breadth, width, extent, size, from latus wide, from PIE root *stele to spread (Cf. O.C.S. steljo to spread out, Armenian lain broad ). Geographical sense also is from… …   Etymology dictionary

• Latitude Festival — infobox music festival music festival name = Latitude festival location = Suffolk, England years active= 2006 onwards dates = 16 19 July 2009 genre = Alternative rock, Punk rock, Indie rock website = [http://www.latitudefestival.co.uk/… …   Wikipedia

• wide — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 covering a large area or range VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …   Collocations dictionary

• latitude — lat|i|tude [ˈlætıtju:d US tu:d] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: latitudo, from latus wide ] 1.) [U and C] the distance north or south of the ↑equator (=the imaginary line around the middle of the world) , measured in degrees →↑longitude 2.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Wide Area Augmentation System — BenefitsWAAS addresses all of the navigation problem , providing highly accurate positioning that is extremely easy to use, for the cost of a single receiver installed on the aircraft. Ground and space based infrastructure is relatively limited,… …   Wikipedia

• latitude — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin latitudin , latitudo, from latus wide; akin to Old Church Slavic postĭlati to spread Date: 14th century 1. archaic extent or distance from side to side ; width 2. angular distance from some specified… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• 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