Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to longitude or length.
- adjective Concerned with the development of persons or groups over time.
- adjective Placed or running lengthwise.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- noun 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 underdouble bottom .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
- adjective Of or pertaining to longitude or length.
- adjective Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from
transverse .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to
length , or tolongitude . - adjective Running in the
direction of the longaxis of a body. - adjective Forward and/or backward, relative to some defined direction.
- adjective of a study
Sampling data overtime rather than merelyonce . - noun Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to lines of longitude
- adjective running lengthwise
- adjective over an extended time
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Examples
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"In any long-term longitudinal survey of budgetary costs, I think it would be imprudent and misleading not to adjust for the effects of inflation," says Stephen I. Schwartz, editor of the journal Nonproliferation Review and director of a 1998 study by the left-leaning Brookings Institution on long-range nuclear-weapons spending in the U.S.
As Shuttle Sails Through Space, Costs Are Tough to Pin Down Carl Bialik 2011
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However, long-term longitudinal studies seem to reveal…
Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner 2008
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However, long-term longitudinal studies seem to reveal…
Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner 2008
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However, long-term longitudinal studies seem to reveal…
Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner 2008
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Long-term longitudinal studies would be needed to assess the validity of either perspective.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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Long-term longitudinal studies would be needed to assess the validity of either perspective.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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This kind of vibration is called a longitudinal vibration.
Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001
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This kind of vibration is called a longitudinal vibration.
Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001
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This kind of vibration is called a longitudinal vibration.
Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001
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Following the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989, "We didn't do the long-term longitudinal follow up that now we all wish we had data on," says Donald Williamson, state health officer for Alabama.
Scientific American 2010
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