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Definition of Longitudinally

1. Adverb. Across time. "We studied the development of the children longitudinally"

2. Adverb. In the direction of the length. "He cut the paper lengthwise"

3. Adverb. With respect to longitude. "Longitudinally measured"

Definition of Longitudinally

1. adv. In the direction of length.

Definition of Longitudinally

1. Adverb. Along lines of longitude, in the direction from pole to pole, meridianally. ¹

2. Adverb. (science and social science) By sampling data over time rather than merely once. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Longitudinally

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Longitudinally

longitudinal ligaments longitudinal magnification longitudinal method longitudinal oval pelvis longitudinal pontine bundles longitudinal pontine fasciculi longitudinal recording longitudinal relaxation longitudinal section longitudinal sinus

longitudinal studies longitudinal study longitudinal sulcus of heart longitudinal wave longitudinalis longitudinally longitudinals longitudinaly longitype longjohns

longjump longjumped longjumping longjumps longkang longlasting longleaf longleaf pine longleaf pines longleafs

Literary usage of Longitudinally

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reprint of Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism by William Thomson Kelvin (1872)
"The magnets which he used were in strictness neither uniformly nor longitudinally magnetized, such a state being unattainable by any actual process of ..."

2. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1875)
"Sporangia sessile, alternately biseriate on marginal lobes of the leaf, splitting longitudinally, each veiled by a scale-like hood-shaped indusium adhering ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"I am convinced that, although split longitudinally, it takes part in neither of the maturation divisions and that, therefore, only one-fourth of the ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... which the tentacles arise, or loP},op}v>re, ae it is bundles of longitudinally placed .... longitudinally ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"The smallest of all; romul or roundish ob uto ; diameter \У\ in, longitudinally and 2>í iu. transversely; skin yellowish red; flesh very dark, quality good; ..."

6. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"... longitudinally hi- recently bv Jakob Huber (1905) who be- c, buccal pocket containing rf, the pellet ., . , , , , , a. Mandible; 6, labium retracted; ..."

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