difference of latitude

difference of latitude

[′dif·rəns əv ′lad·ə‚tüd]
(geodesy)
The shorter arc of any meridian between the parallels of two places, expressed in angular measure.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

difference of latitude

difference of latitude
The shorter arc of any meridian between the parallels of two places, expressed as an angular measure. The same as change of latitude.
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As if unable to grasp what is due to the difference of latitudes, he wore a brown bowler hat, a complete suit of a brownish hue, and clumsy black boots.
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The table above shows that the corrections of the measured height differences are relatively small resulting from the east-west direction of the levelling line (the difference of latitudes is approx.
Analysis of different height systems along the Sava River/ Ivairiu auksciu sisteme prie sava upes analize

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