| 单词 | geographic latitude |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeographic latitude geographic latitude n. the angle made with the plane of the equator by a perpendicular to the earth's surface at any point; spec. the angular distance on its meridian of a point on the earth's surface from the equator; = latitude n. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > latitude parallela1544 sublevation1556 height1585 latitude1622 degree1647 elevation1686 geographical latitude1712 geographic latitude1750 1750 J. Robertson tr. N. L. de La Caille Elements Astron. iv. vi. 255 The geographic latitude of a place is the complement of its distance from the pole. 1879 S. Newcomb & E. S. Holden Astron. for Schools & Coll. 203 It will be observed that it is the geocentric and not the geographic latitude which gives the true position of the observer relative to the earth's centre. 1976 T. Beer Aerospace Environment vi. 113 At around fifty-five degrees geographic latitude the plasmapause is in the F region and it is almost vertical. 2006 Plant Physiol. 142 40/1 These hemispheric asymmetries..are significantly better correlated with magnetic (dip) latitude than with geographic or geomagnetic (centred dipole) latitude. < as lemmas |
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