Longitudinal

What do we mean by longitudinal?

Of or relating to longitude or length. adjective

Concerned with the development of persons or groups over time. adjective

Placed or running lengthwise. adjective

Of or pertaining to longitude or length; relating to or consisting in length: as, longitudinal distance.

In the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse or across: as, the longitudinal diameter of a body.

In botany, in the direction of growth.

In zoology, extended in the long axis of the body, as any articulate animal; articulated.

In iron ship-building, one of the fore-and-aft members in the framing of a cellular double bottom, consisting of a plate, an inner angle-bar by which it is connected to the inner bottom, and an outer angle-bar by which it is connected to the outside plating. In warships, the plate and inner bar are usually continuous; in merchant vessels the plate and both bars are more frequently worked inter-costally between the frames. Also called longitudinal frame. See cuts under double bottom. noun

A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail. noun

Of or pertaining to longitude or length. adjective

Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse. adjective

Relating to length, or to longitude. adjective

Running in the direction of the long axis of a body. adjective

Forward and/or backward, relative to some defined direction. adjective

Sampling data over time rather than merely once. adjective

Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc. noun

Of or relating to lines of longitude adjective

Running lengthwise adjective

Over an extended time adjective

Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.

Words that are spelled similarly to longitudinal:
longitudinal.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word longitudinal:
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Words that rhyme with longitudinal:
attitudinal, latitudinal.

Adjectives that are often used to describe longitudinal:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective longitudinal:
study, section, studies, axis, data, direction, sections, research, waves, incision, ligament, analysis, muscles, rows, fibres, fasciculus, lines, muscle, layer, arch, fibers, ridges, folds, wave, stripes, growth, fissure, groove, view, sinus, stress, bands, bars, design, modes, field, line, scan, reinforcement, vibrations, component, profile, designs, stability, grooves, plane, mode, investigation, series, strain, ribs, ridge, motion, bundle, stresses, course, perspective, velocity, veins, strength, band, division, joints, magnetization, directions, bundles, survey, analyses, vein, distribution, striations, axes, splitting, assessment, components, cracks, profiles, slit, stripe, furrow, ligaments, traction, incisions, striae, layers, beams, valleys, seams, evaluation, steel, girders, vibration, sonogram, tension.

Words that sound like longitudinal:
longitudinal, longitudinally, latitudinal, longitudinal wave, longitude, platitudinal, connotational, constitutional, centinel, college student.