line_of_latitude (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *line of latitude*:
NOUN	location	line of latitude, latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel	an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

English > *line of latitude*: 1 sense > noun 1, location
Meaning	An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.
Synonyms	latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel
Narrower	horse latitude	Either of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south
	polar circle	A line of latitude at the north or south poles
	tropic	Either 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
Broader	line	A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
Spanish	latitud, paralelo
Catalan	latitud, paral·lel

HyperDic: line_of_latitude