latitude vs longitude

latitude

noun
  • The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point. 

  • The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something. 

  • The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic. 

  • Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude. 

  • The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result. 

  • An imaginary line (in fact a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator. 

longitude

noun
  • Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian. 

  • Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole. 

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