HyperDic: line_of_latitude

English > 1 sense of the expression line of latitude:
NOUNlocationline of latitude, latitude, parallel of latitude, parallelan imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
English > line of latitude: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningAn imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.
Synonymslatitude, parallel of latitude, parallel
Narrowerhorse latitudeEither of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south
polar circleA line of latitude at the north or south poles
tropicEither of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics
BroaderlineA spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
Spanishlatitud, paralelo
Catalanlatitud, paral·lel

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