latitudeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈlæt.ɪ.tjuːd/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈlæt.ɪ.tud/, /ˈlæt.ə.tjud/

名詞

latitude (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 latitudes)

1. (geography, astronomy) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.

   Coordinate term: longitude

2. (geography) An imaginary line (in fact a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.
3. (figurative) The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.

   His parents gave him a great deal of latitude.

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 208:

     "Love!" ejaculated the Comtesse; "And so throw away the chances of a life upon a month of honey!—I say a month, which is allowing a latitude tenderness never took...

4. (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
5. (photography) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
6. Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.

使用する際の注意点

• When used to refer to distances or imaginary lines around a planet, latitude is relative to the Earth's Equator unless another planet is specified.

下位語

• ascending latitude
• geolatitude
• high latitude
• low latitude

派生語

• high-latitude
• isolatitude
• latitude by account
• low-latitude
• mid-latitude, middle latitude

関連する語

• circle of latitude
• horse latitudes

参考

• northing
• zonal

アナグラム

• altitude