Bible Dictionaries
Longitudinal

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

(3):

(n.) A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Longitudinal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/longitudinal.html. 1828.