latitudinal
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of latitudinal
1535–45; < Latin lātitūdin- (stem of lātitūdō ) latitude + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Analysis by the researchers revealed that vegetation had increased along a latitudinal gradient between 63 degrees North and 69 degrees North and declined north of this.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
For example, a latitudinal cline is the decrease in temperature towards the Earth’s poles, and an altitudinal cline is the decrease in temperature with increase in altitude.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The researchers conclusively found, using observational data and modeling studies, that KCE is warming, adjusting its latitudinal position northward, and possibly increasing the amount of warm water that it moves north in the process.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2021
When it comes to once-distinct visual languages that are in a continual state of cross-pollination and mutual influence, Smith is even more latitudinal.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2021
Those members of the genus Procyon caught in these wide latitudinal fluctuations would have experienced conditions favorable to continued selection for characteristics conducive to physiologic adaptation to a wide range of climatic conditions.
From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Kathleen P. Mahlke-Johnson
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