LONGITUDINAL

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance.

2.
a.

Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body. Cheyne.

3.
n.

A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

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