longitudinal
IPA: ɫɑndʒʌtˈudʌnʌɫ
noun
- Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.
- (rail transport) A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
adjective
- Relating to length, or to longitude.
- Running in the direction of the long axis of a body.
- Forward and/or backward, relative to some defined direction.
- (sciences and social sciences, of a study) Sampling data over time rather than merely once.
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