| 单词 |
latitudinal |
| 释义 |
latitudinal, a. and n.|lætɪˈtjuːdɪnəl|
[f. L. lātitūdin-, -tūdo latitude +-al1.]
1. Relating to breadth or width. rare.
1671Grew Anat. Plants i. ii §28 (1682) 17 The Latitudinal growth of the Root. 1879J. M. Duncan Lect. Dis. Women 1. (1889) 2 Bounded below by a horizontal or latitudinal line which joins the iliac crests.
2. Relating to, connected with, or depending on geographical latitude; corresponding with lines of latitude.
1778Shuckburgh in Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 687 note, Between the lat. 56° and 79°..the zero of the scale moves through a space of no less than 32°; whereas, between the lat. 46° and 56° it is perfectly stationary..which great want of proportion..is of itself some argument against the existence of such a latitudinal equation. 1855Maury Phys. Geog. Sea v. §289 The latitudinal limits of the northern edge of the northeast trade-winds are variable. 1867Rawlinson Anc. Mon. IV. i. 31 Its principal mountain ranges are latitudinal, or from west to east. 1874Coues Birds N.W. 19 In respect of latitudinal distribution the Tufted Titmouse offers much the same case as the Blue-gray Gnat-catcher. 1880Haughton Phys. Geog. v. 204 The latitudinal width of this part of Africa is 63°. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 137 The latitudinal and altitudinal relations of hepatic abscess.
†B. n. Anat. The name of two muscles of the epigastrium. Obs.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. I j b, Of what villes is the stomacke composed{ddd}Of longytudynalles to drawe in & tranuersalles to reteyne & latitudinalles to put forth. 1548–77Vicary Anat. viii. (1888) 63 Two Latitiudinales comming from the backe-wards to the wombe.
Hence latiˈtudinally adv., in respect of breadth or latitude.
1853Lytton My Novel ii. vii, The bones..in the skin of Jackeymo spread out latitudinally. 1884Manch. Exam. 20 Aug. 6/3 This submarine swamp extends fifty miles latitudinally. |
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