Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The complement of the latitude—that is, the difference between the latitude, expressed in degrees, and 90°.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun astronomy The complement, in spherical coordinates, of a latitude (the difference between a latitude and 90°).

Etymologies

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co- +‎ latitude

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