latitudinal

American  

[lat-i-tood-n-l, -tyood-] / ˌlæt ɪˈtud n l, -ˈtyud- /

adjective

1. of or relating to latitude.

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Other Word Forms

• interlatitudinal adjective
• latitudinally adverb

Etymology

Origin of latitudinal

1535–45; < Latin lātitūdin- (stem of lātitūdō ) latitude + -al ¹

Example Sentences

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

"We'll ingest all of this longitudinal data and we'll do latitudinal analysis."

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2022

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

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

Mr Marsden, who seems to have considered this curious subject with much attention, says, "that the links of the latitudinal chain remain yet to be traced."

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time by Kerr, Robert