latitudinal

latitude | American Dictionary

latitude
noun
us/ˈlæt̬·ɪˌtud/

latitudenoun (DISTANCE)

[ C/U ]
the distance north or south of the equator measured from 0° to 90°

latitudenoun (FREEDOM)

[ U ]
freedom to behave, act, or think in the way you want to:
Judges now have considerable latitude in sentencing.

latitude | Business English

latitude
noun
uk /ˈlætɪtjuːd/us
[ C ]
the position north or south of the Equator measured in degrees:
a GPS watch that displays longitude and latitude
He says people living in the US above 35 degrees latitude may not get enough sun in the winter months to produce Vitamin D.
[ C,usually plural ]
an area near to a particular latitude:
In these latitudes, a delivery fleet needs snow tires and antifreeze.
[ U ]
freedom to behave, act, or think in the way you want to:
broad/great/wide latitudeA new ruling gives the group wide latitude to go ahead and make their own decisions.
latitude in (doing) sthThe foundation has wide latitude in how it structures its sponsorships and agreements.

Examples of latitude

latitude
Moreover, there was no effect of decision latitude on psychological distress.
He asked whether an architect ought to be granted such wide latitude to 'butcher really beautiful buildings'.
For some courts, at least, local officials could be given ver y wide latitude when exercising the police power.
The nominal mission is expected to last up to six months, depending on the landing site's latitude.
In the latter, the motion along the orbs was measured against the ecliptic, and all coordinates were referred to the ecliptic (latitude and longitude).
These vessels recorded temperature, barometric pressure, currents, ice conditions, exact latitudes and longitudes and sent these observations to the institute.
Working with others, this type of delay and latitude is not always permitted.
In his relations with farmers, the young man permitted himself greater latitude than the majority of landless workers.
Thus, compact and taller forms can be advantageous in reducing the overall summer temperature rise in the atria, particularly in low latitude locations.
The period when the re-circulation strategy can be used increases towards the high latitudes as the heating season for these locations is generally longer.
The model also analyzes an interaction between natural resources, latitude, and variables included in the path model.
Then at lower latitudes continents might then be glaciated from open seas with marginal warm interglacials.
The x-coordinate, however, is the product of a linear function of longitude and some function of latitude.
Their model may be modified to include dependence on varieties or treatments and on environment-specific covariates such as latitude.
In men, psychological, emotional and physical demands were predictive of fatigue, compared to decision latitude which remained significantly associated with lower fatigue scores.
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Collocations withlatitude

latitude

These are words often used in combination with latitude.

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considerable latitude
This would seem to offer considerablelatitude to individual governments.
great latitude
One cannot allow too greatlatitude.
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