| 单词 | middle latitude |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmiddle latitude middle latitude n. (a) Nautical the average of two latitudes; chiefly in middle latitude sailing; (b) a region roughly midway between the equator and either of the poles; usually in plural. ΚΠ 1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Middle Latitude, in Navigation, is half the Summ of any two given Latitudes. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Middle latitude, is..used for a Method of working the several Cases in Sailing, nearly agreeing with Mercator's way, but without the help of Meridional Parts. 1834 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III. Navigation ii. iv. 21 This method is called middle latitude sailing. 1845 Southern Q. Rev. July 191 Bisecting the continent through its middle latitudes, a line of lake and river navigation separates the chilled and feebly populated regions of the North from the extensively flourishing ones of the American States. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 362/2 The intermontane basins and the piedmontese plains that slope eastward from the Rocky Mountains in middle latitudes are treeless. 1992 Independent 2 Mar. 16/1 Blocking appears to be an essential feature of weather circulation in the middle latitudes of the northern hemisphere. < as lemmas |
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