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longitudinal

/ˌlɒŋ.ɡɪˈtjuː.dɪ.nəl/

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British/ˌlɔŋ.ɡɪˈtʃʉw.dɪ.nəl/

longitudinal adjective: running across a set direction of an object.

Adjective

longitudinal (not comparable)

  1. Running across a set direction of an object.
    • The motion about the longitudinal axis of an airplane is called roll.
    • ...forming the bottom of the hopper, in combination with the recriprocating longitudinal movement of the same, for the purpose of regulating the feed from the hopper, substantially as herein set forth.1847, editorial staff, “Winnowing Machines”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68
    Synonyms:
    lengthwise
    1. Running in the direction of the long axis of a body.
      • The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car.1960 November, “New electric multiple-units for British Railways: Glasgow Suburban”, in Trains Illustrated, page 660
      • The third rotation is about the longitudinal axis of the thigh.2008, Youlian Hong, Roger Bartlett, editors, Routledge Handbook of Biomechanics and Human Movement Science, Routledge, →ISBN, page 165
  2. Relating to the geographical longitude.
    • The longitudinal position of a ship refers to its angular distance east or west from the prime meridian.
  3. Of a study, sampling data over time rather than merely once.
    • longitudinal studies
    • Examining national longitudinal data, Mossakowski has found that people who were unemployed for long periods in their teens or early 20s are far more likely to develop a habit of heavy drinking (five or more drinks in one sitting) by the time they approach middle age.2010 March 1, Don Peck, “How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America”, in The Atlantic

Noun

longitudinal (plural longitudinals)

  1. Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.
  2. A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

longitudinal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

longitudinal in Hindi

अनुदैर्ध्य, अनुदैर्घ्य

longitudinal in Tamil

நீள்பக்கத்திற்குரிய, நெட்டாங்கு, நீள் வாட்டு, நீளப்போக்கில், நீளப்பக்கமான, நீளவாக்கில்

longitudinal in Bengali

কোনো গবেষণায় একবার নয়, দৈর্ঘ্যানুগ কোনো অংশ

longitudinal in Malayalam

അനുദൈർഘ്യ
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longitudinal in Kannada
ರೇಖಾಂಶದ, ಉದ್ದುದ್ದವಾದ, ಉದ್ದದ
longitudinal in Nepali
अनुदैर्ध्य

Examples of longitudinal in a sentence

  • Unlike the older trains, the new units have walk-through carriages and longitudinal rather than transverse seating.
  • The rhabdite-forming cells are situated in the parenchyma underneath the longitudinal subepidermal muscle layer.
  • Longitudinal color Doppler ultrasound of the same joint in a slightly flexed position shows marked paraarticular hyperemia.

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Synonyms of longitudinal

Forms of longitudinal

plurallongitudinals

Origin of longitudinal

From Latin longitūdin- + -al, from oblique stem of Latin longitūdō, from longus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, longitude + -al.

Words formed from longitudinal

Phrases with longitudinal

Questions about longitudinal

What does longitudinal mean?
Longitudinal means running across a set direction of an object.
What is longitudinal in Hindi?
Longitudinal in Hindi is अनुदैर्ध्य, अनुदैर्घ्य. See Longitudinal meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is longitudinal?
Longitudinal can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce longitudinal?
Longitudinal is pronounced /ˌlɒŋ.ɡɪˈtjuː.dɪ.nəl/ (UK).

Words near longitudinal in the dictionary

  1. longitude clock
  2. longitude clocks
  3. longitude of periapsis
  4. longitudes
  5. longitudes of periapsis
  6. longitudinal
  7. longitudinal aberration
  8. longitudinal aberrations
  9. longitudinal fissure
  10. longitudinal fissures
  11. longitudinal recording

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: longitudinal (page history and authors); longitudinal (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); longitudinal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); longitudinal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); longitudinal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); longitudinal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); longitudinal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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