Definition of latitude

• n. - Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.
• n. - Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.
• n. - Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.
• n. - Extent; size; amplitude; scope.
• n. - Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.
• n. - The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.