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Noun: parallel of latitude
  1. An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
    "The Tropic of Cancer is a line of parallel of latitude approximately 23.5 degrees north of the equator";
    - latitude, line of latitude, parallel

Derived forms: parallels of latitude

Type of: line

Encyclopedia: Parallel of latitude