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