Longitudinal
[,lɒn(d)ʒɪ'tjuːdɪn(ə)l;,lɒŋgɪ-] or [,lɑndʒə'tudnl]
Definition
(adj.) over an extended time; 'a longitudinal study of twins' .
(adj.) running lengthwise; 'a thin longitudinal strip'; 'longitudinal measurements of the hull' .
(adj.) of or relating to lines of longitude; 'longitudinal reckoning by the navigator' .
Editor: Pasquale--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance.
(a.) Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body.
(n.) A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
Typist: Ursula
Examples
- These antique guns were made by welding longitudinal bars of iron together and binding them by iron rings shrunk on while hot. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Fig. 70 is a longitudinal section and a general view of one of these launches. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Their noses were but longitudinal slits in the center of their faces, midway between their mouths and ears. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Another feature of the lock is the thin, flat keys with bevel-edged notchings, or with longitudinal sinuous corrugations to fit a narrow slit of a cylinder lock. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These stresses are results of the longitudinal and radial pressures of the gas developed by the ignition and explosion of the powder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In this there are no steps, it being composed of hardwood cleats moving in longitudinal ridges and grooves, there being a handrail on either side moving at the same speed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The bark is removed by a kind of ax, parallel cuts being carried around the tree transversely and united by others in a longitudinal direction, so as to produce oblong sheets of bark. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Edison thought that the longitudinal vibrations caused by the sounder produced a more marked effect, and proceeded to try out his theory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In Fig. 295 is represented a vertical longitudinal and also a vertical transverse section of a Pictet ice machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- One is the longitudinal stress, acting in the direction of the length and tending to pull the muzzle away from the breech. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Heidegger's tires were Palmer's, leaving longitudinal stripes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Oliver Evans followed with two longitudinal flues. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Editor: Samantha