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<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the surroundings or conditions within which something or someone exists.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>(<i>usually </i><b>the environment</b>) the combination of external conditions that surround and influence a living organism.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>computing </i>a program, set of programs or an operating system that allows a particular application to be employed.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 17c: from French <i>environnement</i>, from <i>environner</i> to surround.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br>in N America: a large expanse of flat or rolling natural grassland, usually without trees<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 18c: French, from Latin <i>pratum</i> meadow.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br>the loosening, fragmentation and transport from one place to another of rock material by water, wind, ice, gravity, or living organisms, including human activity<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: from Latin <i>erodere</i>, <i>erosum</i> to gnaw away.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the average weather conditions of a particular region of the world over a long period of time, with regard to temperature, rainfall, air pressure, etc.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a part of the world considered from the point of view of its weather conditions<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a current trend in general feeling, opinion, policies, etc.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: from Greek <i>klima</i> slope or inclination.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>any of a series of imaginary circles that pass around the Earth through both poles, representing the angular distance east or west of the PRIME MERIDIAN, measured from 0 degrees at this meridian to 180 degrees east or west of it. See LINE OF LONGITUDE. Compare LATITUDE.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>length.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: from Latin <i>longus</i> long.

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br>(<i>often </i><b>parallel to something</b>)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>said of lines, planes, etc: the same distance apart at every point; alongside and never meeting or intersecting<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>similar; exactly equivalent; corresponding; analogous<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adverb <br>(<i>often </i><b>parallel to something</b>) alongside and at an unvarying distance from it<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: from Greek <i>parallelos</i> side by side.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>geog </i>any of a series of imaginary circles drawn around the Earth parallel to the EQUATOR, representing the angular distance north or south of the equator, measured from 0 degrees at the equator to 90 degrees at the north and south poles. See also LINE OF LATITUDE. Compare LONGITUDE.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>(<i>usually </i><b>latitudes</b>) <i>geog </i>a region or area thought of in terms of its distance from the equator or its climate<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>scope for freedom of action or choice.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: from Latin <i>latitudo</i> breadth.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br>a large area of land unbroken by seas<br>

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>an administrative division of a country.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>historical </i>in the Roman empire: a territory outside Italy, governed by Rome as part of its empire.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>someone’s allotted range of duties or field of knowledge or experience, etc.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">4 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>(<b>the provinces</b>) the parts of a country away from the capital, typically thought of as culturally backward.<div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: French, from Latin <i>provincia</i> official charge.