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<h1>Latisternal</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat`i*ster"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>latus</ets> broad + E. <ets>sternal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.</def>

<h1>Latitancy</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"i*tan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Latitant</er>.]</ety> <def>Act or state of lying hid, or lurking.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Latitant</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"i*tant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>latitans</ets>, pr. of <ets>latitare</ets> to lie hid, to lurk, v. intens. fr. <ets>latere</ets> to be hid: cf. F. <ets>latitant</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lying hid; concealed; latent.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Latitat</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"i*tat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., he lies hid.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Latitation</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>latitatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A lying in concealment; hiding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Latitude</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"i*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>latitude</ets>, L. <ets>latitudo</ets>, fr. <ets>latus</ets> broad, wide, for older <ets>stlatus</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>strew</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.</def>

<blockquote>Provided the length do not exceed the <b>latitude</b> above one third part. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.</def>

<blockquote>In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits described, but a <b>latitude</b> is indulged. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.</def>

<blockquote>No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles, in the <b>latitude</b> of monkish relations. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Extent; size; amplitude; scope.</def>

<blockquote>I pretend not to treat of them in their full <b>latitude</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Geog.)</fld> <def>Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Ascending latitude</col>, <col>Circle of latitude</col>, <col>Geographical latitude</col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Ascending</er>. <er>Circle</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col>High latitude</col>, <cd>that part of the earth's surface near either pole, esp. that part within either the arctic or the antarctic circle.</cd> -- <col>Low latitude</col>, <cd>that part of the earth's surface which is near the equator.</cd></cs>

<h1>Latitudinal</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat`i*tu"di*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude.</def>

<h1>Latitudinarian</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat`i*tu`di*na"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>latitudinaire</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.</def>