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longitudinal

[ lon-ji-tood-n-l, -tyood- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to longitude or length:

    longitudinal measurement.

  2. extending in the direction of the length of a thing; running lengthwise:

    a thin, longitudinal stripe.

  3. Zoology. pertaining to or extending along the long axis of the body, or the direction from front to back, or head to tail.
  4. pertaining to a research design or survey in which the same subjects are observed repeatedly over a period of time.


noun

  1. a longitudinal framing member, as in the hull of a ship.

longitudinal

/ ËŒlÉ’Å‹É¡-; ËŒlÉ’ndʒɪˈtjuËdɪnÉ™l /

adjective

  1. of or relating to longitude or length
  2. placed or extended lengthways Compare transverse
  3. psychol (of a study of behaviour) carried on over a protracted period of time
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ±ô´Ç²Ô²µ¾±Ëˆ³Ù³Ü»å¾±²Ô²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ô´Ç²Ôg¾±Â·³Ù³Üd¾±Â·²Ô²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of longitudinal1

1535–45; < Latin ±ô´Ç²Ô²µ¾±³ÙÅ«»å¾±²Ô- (stem of ±ô´Ç²Ô²µ¾±³ÙÅ«»åÅ; longitude ) + -al 1
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Example Sentences

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The researchers looked at data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, which they noted is considered to be “gold standard longitudinal study of earnings and employment dynamics†in social sciences.

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The researchers found that the auroras had longitudinal structures that were aligned with magnetic field lines, the first time they had been identified in a low-latitude, blue-dominant aurora.

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The data used in this study was collected as part of the Childhood Development after Cochlear Implantation Study, a national, multi-site longitudinal study.

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"This is a possibility that should be examined in large-scale longitudinal studies that heavily sample brain and behavioral measures during the first postnatal years."

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The longitudinal survey, which included participants from across the country, focused on two different points during the early weeks of the pandemic.

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