Longitudinally
[lɔŋdʒɪ'tjʊdɪnəli]
Definition
(adv.) with respect to longitude; 'longitudinally measured'.
(adv.) across time; 'We studied the development of the children longitudinally'.
Typed by Chauncey--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In the direction of length.
Typist: Sanford
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Lengthwise, from end to end.
Typist: Veronica
Examples
- Its most familiar form is in a boxlike arrangement, divided longitudinally by a narrow ridge of two compartments, one of which is roughly some three times larger than the other. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Its threads are interrupted by longitudinally arranged channels, and the breech of the gun has corresponding threads and channels. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The original phonograph, as briefly noted above, was rotated by hand, and the cylinder was fed slowly longitudinally by means of a nut engaging a screw thread on the cylinder shaft. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By means of a handle, seen projecting from the right hand side of the frame, the roller is shifted longitudinally on its axis rod after each letter has been printed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typist: Veronica