单词 | geographical latitude |
释义 | > as lemmasgeographical latitude geographical latitude n. = geographic latitude n. at geographic adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > latitude parallela1544 sublevation1556 height1585 latitude1622 degree1647 elevation1686 geographical latitude1712 geographic latitude1750 1712 E. Wells Young Gentleman's Astron., Chronol., & Dialling x. 128 The Distance of any Point on the Earth from the Equator is Geographical Latitude. 1826 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. V. lxxxiii. 266 The geographical latitude..exerts infinitely less influence over the fertility and productions of these beautiful countries than the elevation of the soil. 1880 Naval Encycl. 427 This is the geographical latitude as found by astronomical observations, and if the earth were a sphere would coincide with the geocentric or true latitude. 1918 R. S. Woodward Smithsonian Geogr. Tables xliv Three different latitudes are used in geodesy, namely: (1) Astronomical or geographical latitude; (2) geocentric latitude; (3) reduced latitude. 2006 D. Benn in P. G. Knight Glacier Sci. & Environmental Change v. lxxii. 438/2 The early Earth may have had a non-dipole magnetic field, which would invalidate the assumption that low magnetic inclination implies low geographical latitude. < as lemmas |
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