middle latitude
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of middle latitude
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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"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
Cohen published a paper in 2016 finding that variability in winter temperatures has increased across the Northern Hemisphere’s middle latitude regions in recent years.
From Scientific American
Aye, that he did; but I worked him a traverse in middle latitude, sailing on that tack.
From Project Gutenberg
The old gentleman made an attempt to drive a conversation, and asked a few questions relative to foreign politics, the state of navigation, and commerce, in New York, &c.; but finding his auditor as ignorant as though he had proposed a case in middle latitude sailing, he dropped him altogether.
From Project Gutenberg
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 Project Gutenberg
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