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Line of latitude
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an imaginary horizontal line drawn around the Earth that helps measure how far a location is from the Equator, either north or south
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
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Countable
Plural form
lines of latitude
Examples
The 45th line of latitude is often used to mark the midpoint between the Equator and the North Pole.
