<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Geography. the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point</li><li>a place or region as marked by this distance</li><li>freedom from narrow restrictions; freedom of action, opinion, etc.: He allowed his children a fair amount of latitude</li><li>Synonyms: indulgence, liberty, extent</li><li>Astronomy. celestial latitude</li><li>galactic latitude</li><li>Photography. the ability of an emulsion to record the brightness values of a subject in their true proportion to one another, expressed as the ratio of the amount of brightness in the darkest possible value to the amount of brightness in the brightest: a latitude of 1 to 128</li></ul>