Latitude in Malayalam
അക്ഷാംശം (akshamsham) is the geographical term for latitude, built from the words for axis and part, hence a division of the axis. School atlases, weather bulletins and navigation notes all use it. അക്ഷാംശരേഖകള് (akshamsharekhakal) adds the word for lines and names the parallels drawn on a map.
A degree of latitude (that which divides tha axis).
ഭൂപടത്തിൽ അക്ഷാംശം ചുവന്ന വരയായി അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തി.
bhoopadathil akshamsham chuvanna varayaayi adayaalappeduthi.
On the map the latitude was marked as a red line.
All Malayalam words for “latitude”
- അക്ഷാംശം (akshamsham) — A degree of latitude (that which divides tha axis).
- അക്ഷാംശരേഖകള് (akshamsharekhakal) — Parallel lines of latitude.
അക്ഷാംശം (akshamsham) is the measure, a degree of latitude, while അക്ഷാംശരേഖകള് (akshamsharekhakal) is the set of lines; English latitude in the sense of freedom to act matches neither.
Common questions
How do you say latitude in Malayalam?
അക്ഷാംശം (akshamsham) for the coordinate, and അക്ഷാംശരേഖകള് (akshamsharekhakal) for the lines of latitude on a map.
How is longitude formed?
On the same pattern, with a different first element for the meridian; the shared second element is the word for part or division.