Longitudinal Definition

lŏnjĭ-to͝odn-əl, -tyo͝od-, lôn-
adjective
Of or in length.
Webster's New World
Of longitude.
Webster's New World
Running or placed lengthwise.
Webster's New World
Designating or of studies dealing with the development of an individual or group over a period of years.
Webster's New World

Running in the direction of the long axis of a body.

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noun
Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.
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Other Word Forms of Longitudinal

Noun

Singular:
longitudinal
Plural:
longitudinals

Origin of Longitudinal

  • From Latin longitÅ«din-, oblique stem of longitÅ«dō (“length, longitude") (whence also longitude), and the suffix +"Ž -al.

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