latitude
Example Sentences
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Lineated valley fill and concentric crater fill appear throughout this entire latitude zone, suggesting that Mars once experienced a global climate shift.
From Science Daily
About an hour after the superstorm arrived, charged particles surged through Earth's upper atmosphere at high latitudes and flowed toward the polar cap.
From Science Daily
Spectacular displays of auroras at abnormally low latitudes were expected again Wednesday night into Thursday, a result of intense solar activity which also carries risks to communication networks.
From Barron's
If you’re more aggressive — and having hundreds of millions of dollars can potentially afford you some latitude — you can increase the stock allocation, advisers say.
From MarketWatch
The globe had been cut in half while he worked on it, and he held his breath as he put the two sides together—praying that the countries, latitude and longitude lines would match.
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