longitudinal
adjEtymology
From Middle English longitudinal, from Latin longitūdin-, oblique stem of longitūdō (“length, longitude”). By surface analysis, longitude + -in- + -al.
- inherited from longitudinal
Definitions
Running across a set direction of an object.
- The motion about the longitudinal axis of an airplane is called roll.
Relating to the geographical longitude.
- The longitudinal position of a ship refers to its angular distance east or west from the prime meridian.
Of a study, sampling data over time rather than merely once.
- longitudinal studies
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Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.
A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
The neighborhood
Derived
dorsolongitudinal, heliolongitudinal, longitudinal aberration, longitudinal fissure, longitudinally, longitudinal recording, longitudinal relaxation time, longitudinal system, longitudinal wave, medial longitudinal fasciculus, nonlongitudinal, palaeolongitudinal, paleolongitudinal, pseudolongitudinal
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at longitudinal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at longitudinal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at longitudinal
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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