Latitude n. : Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.

Latitude n. : Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.

Latitude n. : Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.

Latitude n. : Extent; size; amplitude; scope.

Latitude n. : Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.

Latitude n. : The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.

Example:
How does the longitude and Latitude coordinate system make up for the elliptical shape of the earth?

Taxonomy
latitude, radii, radius of curvature, spheroid, equatorial radius, poles, Earth, geocentric latitude, ellipsoid, celestial equator, plane, radius, north-south, geographic latitude, longitude, Circles of latitude, equatorial plane, geodetic latitude.

Defination from the web:
Latitude, usually denoted by the Greek letter phi (φ) gives the location of a place on Earth (or other planetary body) north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the imaginary horizontal lines shown running east-to-west (or west to east) on maps (particularly so in the Mercator ...