middle latitude

American  

noun

1. the latitude of the point that is midway between two parallels on the same side of the equator.

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Etymology

Origin of middle latitude

First recorded in 1700–10

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middle latitude

"As the climate warms, that sort of jet stream activity that happens in the middle latitude, will weaken and in extreme cases split, allowing this sort of cyclone formation to occur."

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2021

Aye, that he did; but I worked him a traverse in middle latitude, sailing on that tack.

From An Old Sailor's Yarns by N. (Nathaniel) Ames

Longitude: From 86° 25′, at Montgomery, Ala., to 100° 35′, at the mouth of Apple River, D. T., approximate position; being 14° 10′ difference, equal to 757 statute miles on the line of middle latitude.

From History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry by Charles J. Stees

To find the new or Lo. in: Find the middle latitude by adding the latitude left to the latitude in and dividing by 2.

From Lectures in Navigation by Ernest Gallaudet Draper

A method of converting departure in difference of longitude, and vice versâ, by using the middle latitude instead of the meridional parts, as in Mercator's sailing.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

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