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of or relating to lines of longitude; "longitudinal reckoning by the navigator" running lengthwise; "a thin longitudinal strip"; "longitudinal measurements of the hull" over an extended time; "a longitudinal study of twins"
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| longitudinal fracture |
a break in a bone extending in a longitudinal direction.
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| longitudinal wave |
(Also called compressional wave.) An irrotational plane wave A parallel to the propagation direction in the sense that if A = A 0 exp(ik ?x - i t), where k is the wave vector, then k ?A = 0. An example is an acoustic wave in an inviscid medium. Compare transverse wave.
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| longitudinal section |
A section diagram plotted in the longitudinal dimension of a stream. It is usually used to plot energy grade lines.
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| longitudinal study |
A study that follows a population forward over time.
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