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noun the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
noun freedom from normal restraints in conduct
noun an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
originBorrowed into Middle English from Old French latitude, from Latin lātitūdō (“breadth, width, latitude”), from lātus (“broad, wide”), from older stlātus. Possibly related with lateral, though this is uncertain.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0