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Line of latitude   /laɪn əv lˈætətˌud/   Listen
Line of latitude

noun
1.
An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.  Synonyms: latitude, parallel, parallel of latitude.






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"Line of latitude" Quotes from Famous Books



... is suggested that the smoke of the burning woods, or few years ago in Michigan, caused as peculiar condition of the atmosphere. This extensive fire was on a day when the area of low barometer was on a high line of latitude and passing to the eastward. This naturally took the smoke, which is far lighter than dust, along with it. It mingled with the muggy condition of an extensive "low," and produced a yellowness of the atmosphere. This however was of ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 • Various



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