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View definitions for longitudinal

longitudinal

adjective as in over a protracted period of time; running lengthwise

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Example Sentences

The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth gathered self-reported data from 1985 that sampled eye-color distributions of Americans.

Paul: We're just beginning to gather longer term longitudinal data.

There are also eight or nine similar white points between the base of the lower wings and the band of longitudinal spots.

The longitudinal drag due to the friction of a train when braked, about one-seventh of the weight of the train.

Great advances, or at all events alterations, have gradually been made in the longitudinal design of the boats.

The veins of the leaves always run parallel and in a longitudinal direction.

The muzzle is very thick, long, and surrounded on both sides with deep longitudinal wrinkles.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to longitudinal, such as: lengthwise, long, long-term, continuing, endlong, and long run.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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