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longitudinal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective longitudinal has 3 senses
- longitudinal(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to lines of longitude; "longitudinal reckoning by the navigator" Derived form noun longitude1
- longitudinal(s = adj.all) Array - running lengthwise; "a thin longitudinal strip"; "longitudinal measurements of the hull"
- longitudinal(s = adj.all) Array - over an extended time; "a longitudinal study of twins"
CIDE DICTIONARY
longitudinal, a. [Cf. F. longitudinal.].
- Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance. [1913 Webster]
- Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from
transverse ; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body. Cheyne. [1913 Webster]
longitudinal, n.
A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
longitudinal, adj.
1 of or in length.
2 running lengthwise.
3 of longitude.
1 of or in length.
2 running lengthwise.
3 of longitude.
Idiom
longitudinal wave a wave vibrating in the direction of propagation.
Derivative
longitudinally adv.
ROGET THESAURUS
longitudinal
Length
N length, longitude, span, mileage, distance, line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius, lengthening, prolongation, production, protraction, tension, tensure, extension, line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league, chain, link, arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara, astronomical unit, AU, light- year, parsec, nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km, pedometer, perambulator, scale, long, longsome, lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched, lengthened, sesquipedalian, interminable, no end of, macrocolous, linear, lineal, longitudinal, oblong, as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow, unshortened &c (shorten), lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along, tandem, in a line, in perspective, from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe, fore and aft.
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