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circle of latitude [′sər·kəl əv ′lad·ə‚tüd]

(astronomy)

A great circle of the celestial sphere passing through the ecliptic poles, and hence perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic. Also known as parallel of latitude.

(geodesy)

A meridian of the terrestrial sphere along which latitude is measured.

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No references found			After we crossed the Pacific Ocean to Canada, we drove up through the Rocky Mountains and remote Saskatchewan, before following the line of latitude to return to the UK. Tales of driving ambition are to be shared by The Journal (Newcastle, England) The war ended by truce on July 27, 1953, leaving the Koreas divided along a line of latitude called the 38th parallel (38[degrees]N). Map of Asia by Junior Scholastic In summer the line of latitude that gets the maximum insolation migrates north to the Tropic of cancer, meaning the angle at which the sun's rays hit the UK is higher than in winter. Family Life: Have a go and test yourself! by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			line matrix printer line microphone line misregistration line mixer line mode Line Multiplexing Line Navigation line noise line number line of action line of aim Line of Apsides line of balance line of code line of collimation Line of Countervallation line of curvature line of departure line of electrostatic induction line of elevation line of fall line of flight line of flux line of force line of impact line of latitude line of levels line of magnetic induction Line of Nodes line of observation Line of Position line of pressure line of retirement line of return line of sight line of soundings line of striction line of strike Line of Support line of thrust line of travel line of tunnel line oiler line pack line pad line pair line parameters line pin line pipe line plate line printer			Line of Effort Line of electric force Line of electric force line of electrostatic induction line of elevation Line of Engagement Line of Equal Bearing line of fall line of fate line of fire line of fire line of fixation line of flight line of flight line of flight line of flux line of force line of force line of force line of force line of force line of gab line of goods line of gravity line of heart line of impact line of impact Line of incidence line of inquiry line of inquiry line of latitude Line of Learning line of least resistance line of least resistance Line of levels Line of levels line of life Line of light Line of light Line of light Line of lines line of longitude line of magnetic induction line of march line of merchandise Line of nodes Line of nodes line of observation line of occlusion line of occlusion line of occlusion line of occlusion line of occlusion Line of Operation Line of Operation 7 - Doctrine Line of Operation 8 - Force Development Line of operations line of poetry Line of position Line of position line of pressure

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circle of latitude (redirected from line of latitude)

circle of latitude
(redirected from line of latitude)