Sentence examples for parallel of latitude from inspiring English sources
A plan of the west line or parallel of latitude which is the boundary between the provinces of Maryland and Pensylvania [sic] / J. Smither sculpst.
The Arctic Circle, a parallel of latitude, has little value in understanding the distribution and limits of the marine Arctic flora and fauna.
Most of it originates in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, and travels to west Africa on private jets, fishing boats and freighters along the notorious "Highway 10" — the shortest route between the continents along the 10th parallel of latitude.
An agreement was signed at Geneva on July 21 , 1954 providing for a temporary division of the country, at the 17th parallel of latitude, between a communist-dominated north and a U.S.-supported south.
On Sept. 15, 1953, in a tent placed across the 38th parallel of latitude in the freezing mountains of the central Korean peninsula, the endless and, ultimately, fruitless discussions began.
Opened in January, 41° is named for the parallel of latitude on which Barcelona lies, and is one half of the Adrià brothers' new venture in the resurgent neighborhood of Poble Sec.
Parallels of latitude are concentric circles, while meridians are radiating straight lines.
The meridians are equally spaced parallel vertical lines, and the parallels of latitude are parallel horizontal straight lines that are spaced farther and farther apart as their distance from the Equator increases.
The meridians are equally spaced, parallel vertical lines, and the parallels of latitude are parallel, horizontal straight lines, spaced farther and farther apart as their distance from the Equator increases.
In the play's best map-making image, Mercator's projection, in which the meridians and parallels of latitude are lines that cross at right angles, becomes a metaphor for the distorted way we see the world.
On a Mercator chart the meridians of longitude are represented by equally spaced vertical lines, and the parallels of latitude are represented by horizontal lines that are closer together near the Equator than near the poles.
