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Parallel Of Latitude

Definition: Parallel Of Latitude

Parallel Of Latitude

Noun

1. An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator.

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Specialty Definitions: Parallel Of Latitude

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Aerospace

1. A circle (or approximation of a circle) on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, and connecting points of equal latitude. Also called parallel.2. A circle of the celestial sphere, parallel to the ecliptic, and connecting points of equal celestial latitude. Also called circle of longitude. (references)

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Synonyms: Parallel Of Latitude

Synonyms: latitude (n), line of latitude (n), parallel (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Parallel Of Latitude

English words defined with "parallel of latitude": Degree of longitudeMercator's projectionParallel sailing, Perioecians. (references)
Specialty definitions using "parallel of latitude": astronomical parallelcircle of longitudegeodetic parallelParallelssmall circle. (references)

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Modern Translations: Parallel Of Latitude

Language Translations for "parallel of latitude"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

γεωγραφικόσ παράλληλοσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szélességi kör (line of latitude, parallel), szélességi fok (latitude). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arallelpay ofay atitudelay.(various references)

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Alternative Orthography: Parallel Of Latitude


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 72 61 6C 6C 65 6C      4F 66      4C 61 74 69 74 75 64 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01101100 01101100 01100101 01101100 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01001100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110100 01110101 01100100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#114 &#97 &#108 &#108 &#101 &#108 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#32 &#76 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#116 &#117 &#100 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0072 0061 006C 006C 0065 006C      004F 0066      004C 0061 0074 0069 0074 0075 0064 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50678467787871782497224667867586877071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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