parallel of latitude

1. 1.

   an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

   Synonymslatitudeline of latitudeparallel

   Broaderline

   Narrowerpolar circlehorse latitudetropic

Questions about parallel of latitude

What does parallel of latitude mean?

parallel of latitude means "an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator".

What is another word for parallel of latitude?

Close synonyms include latitude, line of latitude, parallel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parallel of latitude a common word?

parallel of latitude is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.