Latitude and Longitude Word Search
Play a Latitude and Longitude word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, EQUATOR, MERIDIAN, PRIME, GREENWICH, TROPIC, CANCER, CAPRICORN, ARCTIC, HEMISPHERE, PARALLEL.
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Latitude and Longitude word list, defined
- LATITUDE /ˈlætɪtjuːd/ · noun
- The angular distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees. By extension, it means freedom or scope to act, think, or make choices without undue restriction. Related: breadth, scope, freedom, leeway.
- LONGITUDE /ˈlɒnɡɪtjuːd/ (British); /ˈlɑːnɡətuːd/ (American) · noun
- The angular distance of a point on Earth’s surface, measured in degrees east or west of the prime meridian. In astronomy, longitude is the analogous angular coordinate measured along a celestial circle from a reference point.
- EQUATOR /ɪˈkweɪtər/ · noun
- The imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, equidistant from the North and South Poles, dividing the planet into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. By extension, a similar line around any rotating celestial body or sphere.
- MERIDIAN /məˈrɪdiən/ · noun
- A great circle passing through the Earth's poles and used to specify longitude, or the highest point or culmination of something. In astronomy, a meridian is a great circle passing through the poles and the observer's zenith. Related: culmination, zenith, peak, high point.
- PRIME /praɪm/ · adjective
- Chief or most important; of first rank or quality. It can also mean occurring at the most suitable time or belonging to the earliest stage of something. Related: chief, main, primary, leading.
- TROPIC British: /ˈtrɒpɪk/; US: /ˈtrɑːpɪk/ · noun and adjective
- As a noun, a tropic is one of the two parallels of latitude approximately 23.5 degrees north or south of the equator: the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn. In the plural, “the tropics” refers to the warm equatorial regions between these parallels; as an adjective, “tropic” means relating to the tropics or to either of these parallels. Related: latitude, zone, region, parallel.
- CANCER /ˈkænsər/ · noun
- A disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and can invade surrounding tissues or spread to other parts of the body; also, by extension, something harmful that spreads destructively within a society or organization. Related: malignancy, tumor, carcinoma, neoplasm.
- ARCTIC /ˈɑːrktɪk/ · noun and adjective
- As a noun, the Arctic is the polar region surrounding the North Pole. As an adjective, it describes things relating to that region or, figuratively, extreme cold. Related: polar, northern, frigid, glacial.
- HEMISPHERE /ˈhɛmɪsˌfɪər/ · noun
- A hemisphere is one of two halves of a sphere or globe, especially one of the northern, southern, eastern, or western halves of Earth. The term can also refer to one of the brain’s two halves or to half of a celestial sphere. Related: half-sphere, semisphere.
- PARALLEL /ˈpærəlel/ · adjective, noun, and verb
- Parallel lines, objects, or processes are separate but positioned or developing in the same direction, without intersecting. As a noun, a parallel is one of two or more comparable courses, examples, or lines of thought; as a verb, to parallel something means to match or keep pace with it. Related: aligned, aligned, side by side, matching.
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