| longitude | 1. Length; measure or distance along the longest line; distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense. "The longitude of their cloaks." (Sir. W. Scott) "Mine [shadow] spindling into longitude immense." (Cowper) 2. <geography> The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of new York is 74 deg or 4 h. 56 min. West of Greenwich. 3. <astronomy> The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is 79 deg . <astronomy> Geocentric longitude, the longitude of a heavenly body as seen from the earth. Heliocentric longitude, the longitude of a heavenly body, as seen from the sun's center. Longitude stars, certain stars whose position is known, and the data in regard to which are used in observations for finding the longitude, as by lunar distances. Origin: F, fr. L. Longitudo, fr. Longus long. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| longitudinal | The word come from the Latin longitudo meaning length. Hence, longitudinal means along the length, running lengthwise, or (by extension) over the course of time. (12 Dec 1998) |
| longitudinal aberration | In spherical aberration, the distance separating the focus of paraxial and peripheral rays on the optic axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longitudinal arc of skull | The line carried over the skull in the midline from the nasion to the opisthion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longitudinal arch of foot | See: medial longitudinal arch of foot, lateral longitudinal arch of foot. Synonym: arcus pedis longitudinalis, lateral part of longitudinal arch of foot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longitudinal bands of cruciform ligament | <anatomy> Ligamentous slips forming the "upright" or vertical beam of the cruciform ligament. Synonym: fasciculi longitudinales ligamenti cruciformis atlantis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longitudinal canals of modiolus | Centrally placed channels that convey vessels and nerves to the apical turns of the cochlea. Synonym: canales longitudinales modioli, central canals of cochlea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longitudinal dissociation | Dissociation between parallel chambers of the heart, as between one atrium and the other or between one ventricle and the other, in contrast to dissociation between atria and ventricles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longitudinal duct of epoophoron | A rudimentary vestige of the mesonephric duct in the female into which the tubules of the epoophoron open; it is located in the broad ligament of the uterus, parallel with the lateral part of the uterine tube, and in the lateral walls of the cervix and vagina. Synonym: ductus epoophori longitudinalis, ductus deferens vestigialis, Gartner's canal, Gartner's duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longitudinal fissure of cerebrum | The deep cleft separating the two hemispheres of the cerebrum. Synonym: fissura longitudinalis cerebri, great longitudinal fissure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longitudinal fold of duodenum | A fold of mucosa on the medial wall of the descending part of the duodenum above the major duodenal papilla, probably caused by the relation to the common bile duct. Synonym: plica longitudinalis duodeni. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longitudinal fracture | A fracture involving the bone in the line of its axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longitudinal layer of muscular coat | The outer, longitudinal layer of the smooth muscle of the muscular coat. Nomina Anatomica lists longitudinal layers of muscular coats (stratum longitudinale tunicae muscularis...) of the following: 1) colon (... Coli ); 2) rectum (... Recti ); 3) small intestine (... Intestini tenuis ); 4) stomach (... Gastrici ). Synonym: stratum longitudinale tunicae muscularis gastricae, stratum longitudinale tunicae muscularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longitudinal layers of muscular tunics | See: longitudinal layer of muscular coat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longitudinal lie | That relationship in which the long axis of the foetus is longitudinal and roughly parallel to the long axis of the mother; the presenting part may be either the head or the breech. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long-term memory |
The final phase of memory in which information storage may last from hours to a lifetime.
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| long-term memory |
The third stage of memory, involving the storage of information that is kept for long periods of time. (p. 240)
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| longitudinal |
a study in which an individual or a group of individuals is observed over a period of time
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| longitudinal study |
a study that follows patients over an extended period of time.
출처: www.gmhc.org/health/glossary3.html
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| long-term potentiation |
the neurological basis of learning, it is the process of stimulating a dendritic spine repeatedly, leaving it more responsive to new input of the same type
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| long | having a dolichocephalic head |
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| long | long-bodied beetle having very long antennae |
| long | grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male |
| long | existing for a long time |
| long | having long legs |
| long | (of perishable goods) treated to stay fresh longer than usual |
| long | existing for a long time |
| long | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
| long | a clam that is usually steamed in the shell |
| long | (used of records) playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records |
| long | (used of records) playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records |
| long | suitable for or reaching long distances |