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

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 Stees, Charles J.

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 Belcher, Edward, Sir

To convert this into difference of longitude, parallel, middle latitude, or Mercator's sailing is needed, depending on circumstances.

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 Belcher, Edward, Sir

If oblique, it is solved by middle latitude, or Mercator 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 Belcher, Edward, Sir