ascending latitude

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ascending latitude - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Latitude \Lat"i*tude\, n. [F. latitude, L. latitudo, fr. latus
     broad, wide, for older stlatus; perh. akin to E. strew.]
     1. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a
        given point or line; breadth; width.
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              Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above
              one third part.                       --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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     2. Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence,
        looseness; laxity; independence.
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              In human actions there are no degrees and precise
              natural limits described, but a latitude is
              indulged.                             --Jer. Taylor.
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     3. Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.;
        extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.
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              No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles,
              in the latitude of monkish relations. --Fuller.
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     4. Extent; size; amplitude; scope.
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              I pretend not to treat of them in their full
              latitude.                             --Locke.
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     5. (Geog.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured
        on a meridian.
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     6. (Astron.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the
        ecliptic.
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     Ascending latitude, Circle of latitude, Geographical latitude
     , etc. See under Ascending. Circle, etc.
  
     High latitude, that part of the earth's surface near either
        pole, esp. that part within either the arctic or the
        antarctic circle.
  
     Low latitude, that part of the earth's surface which is
        near the equator.
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  Ascending \As*cend"ing\, a.
     Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. --
     As*cend"ing*ly, adv.
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     Ascending latitude (Astron.), the increasing latitude of a
        planet. --Ferguson.
  
     Ascending line (Geneol.), the line of relationship traced
        backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and
        mother, grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the line
        direct ascending.
  
     Ascending node having, that node of the moon or a planet
        wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is
        also called the northern node. --Herschel.
  
     Ascending series. (Math.)
     (a) A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a
         quantity.
     (b) A series in which each term is greater than the
         preceding.
  
     Ascending signs, signs east of the meridian.
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