longitudinal

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This is known as the longitudinal dihedral.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to longitude or length: a longitudinal reckoning by the navigator; made longitudinal measurements of the hull.
  2. adjective Concerned with the development of persons or groups over time: a longitudinal study of twins.
  3. adjective Placed or running lengthwise: longitudinal stripes.

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  • This is the kind of longitudinal, deep, expensive expertise that gets books onto shelves, into the minds of the clerks, onto the recommended tables at the front of the store. —  Blogbot - forsiden
  • The distance ratio between two image points along the optical axis on the object side of the lens and two conjugate points on the image side is known as the longitudinal or axial magnification.
  • The first part of our study is longitudinal -- based on a five-week continuous fetch of a seed collection of nearly 10,000 blog URLs. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The wound in the oesophagus should be longitudinal, and at first not larger than is required to admit the finger, on which as a guide the forceps may be introduced to remove the foreign body, or, if necessary, a probe-pointed bistoury still further to dilate the wound For some days or even weeks the patient must be fed through an elastic catheter introduced through the nose and retained, or by an ordinary stomach-tube through the mouth. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
  • These are laid down in alternating strić (1) of cells with their long axes longitudinal, and (2) of cells with their long axes horizontal. —  Diseases of the Horse's Foot
 

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  1. = F. Spanish longitudinal = Italian longitudinale, from New Latin *longitudinalis, from Latin longitude (longitudin-), length, longitude: see longitude.
 

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/lɑndʒɪˈtjudɪnəl/
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