mid-latituden.adj.

1862 Philos. Trans. 1861 (Royal Soc.) 151 585 I proceed to find the difference in length, and the distance at the mid-latitude of the local and mean arcs lying between the two stations.

1918 Amer. Math. Monthly 25 322 The first topic to be discussed is the determination of position by Dead Reckoning including the methods of Plane, Mid-latitude and Mercator's Sailings.

1872 Cornhill Mag. July 540 The poles of the planet are drawn in, as it were, 3,500 miles as compared with the equatorial regions, or 1,750 miles as compared with the mid-latitudes in either hemisphere.

1939 Ecology 20 127 In Tertiary time the northern hemisphere in mid-latitudes was much drier than at present.

1972 M. G. Gross Oceanogr. vii. 200 This sound channel is a typical feature of the open ocean at depths of around 1000 meters at midlatitudes to near the surface in polar regions.

1994 Sci. News 8 Oct. 229/1 Clarke previously reported Hubble's detection of two short-lived auroral arcs in Jupiter's northern midlatitudes.

1896 Science 29 May 809/2 The field shows a series of five parts... These are the polar field, the north midlatitude field, the equatorial field, the south midlatitude field, and the south polar field.

1925 Ecology 6 121 In regions of corresponding biologic variability, tropical areas have fully twice as many species as do mid-latitude areas.

1957 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. A. 120 416 The frictional retardation of the mid-latitude westerlies invloves a loss of westerly momentum.

1983 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 308 233 The northern part of the Rockall Trough would provide the least variable oceanic environment, while being situated in the region most affected by the mid-latitude westerlies.

1993 Science 1 Jan. 46/1 The colonization of Beringia appears closely linked to the arrival of the oldest firmly documented archeological tradition in mid-latitude North America (Paleoindian).