different between longitudinal vs stringpiece

English

Etymology

From Middle English longitudinal, from Latin longit?din-, oblique stem of longit?d? (“length, longitude”), equivalent to longitude +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?????tju?d?nl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?nd???tu?d?n?l/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /l?????t????d?n?l/

Adjective

longitudinal (not comparable)

1. Relating to length, or to longitude.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   Antonym: transverse

2. Running in the direction of the long axis of a body.
3. Forward and/or backward, relative to some defined direction.
4. (sciences and social sciences, of a study) Sampling data over time rather than merely once.

   Antonym: cross-sectional

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

longitudinal (plural longitudinals)

1. Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.
   1. A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

French

Adjective

longitudinal (feminine singular longitudinale, masculine plural longitudinaux, feminine plural longitudinales)

1. longitudinal

Romanian

Etymology

From French longitudinal

Adjective

longitudinal m or n (feminine singular longitudinal?, masculine plural longitudinali, feminine and neuter plural longitudinale)

1. longitudinal

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lonxitudi?nal/, [lõ?.xi.t?u.ð?i?nal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

longitudinal (plural longitudinales)

1. longitudinal (relating to length or longitude)
2. longitudinal (sampling data over time)
   • 2001, Psicología infantil, Grupo Planeta (GBS) ?ISBN, page 80

Related terms

• longitud
• longitudinalmente

Further reading

• “longitudinal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

string +? piece

Noun

stringpiece (plural stringpieces)

1. (architecture) A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; especially one of the longitudinal pieces supporting a flight or run of stairs.

Translations