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Record 1 2002-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • River and Sea Navigation
  • Physical Geography (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
DEF

Dans une représentation plane de la sphère terrestre, quantité fonction de la latitude qui forme avec la longitude un système de coordonnées symétriques.

OBS

L'appellation de «latitude croissante», ou simplement «latitude» quand il n'y a pas d'ambiguité, n'est utilisée que pour les représentations planes «conformes» c'est-à-dire sans altération des angles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
  • Geografía física (Generalidades)
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