纬

高纬度

gāo wěi dù

high latitude (i.e. near the poles)

北纬

běi wěi

north latitude

南纬

nán wěi

south latitude

地心纬度

dì xīn wěi dù

geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth)

地理纬度

dì lǐ wěi dù

geographic latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and the normal to the reference ellipsoid)

纬度

wěi dù

latitude

经纬

jīng wěi

warp and woof

经纬仪

jīng wěi yí

theodolite

经纬密度

jīng wěi mì dù

(textiles) thread count

经纬线

jīng wěi xiàn

lines of latitude and longitude

纬纱

wěi shā

woof (horizontal thread in weaving)

纬圈

wěi quān

line of latitude