Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of longitudinal is as below...

Lineated :: Lineated (a.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf..

Trigonal :: Trigonal (a.) Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles..

Rebate :: Rebate (n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet..

Vittate :: Vittate (a.) Striped longitudinally.

Rorqual :: Rorqual (n.) A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback..

Torsion :: Torsion (n.) The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction..

Transverse :: Transverse (a.) Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal..

Orthostichy :: Orthostichy (n.) A longitudinal rank, or row, of leaves along a stem..

Ovate :: Ovate (a.) Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal..

Feather :: Feather (n.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline..

Lengthwise :: Lengthwise (adv.) In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.

Semicolumn :: Semicolumn (n.) A half column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along its axis..

Costa :: Costa (n.) One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.

Tetragonal :: Tetragonal (a.) Having four prominent longitudinal angles.

Carina :: Carina (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.

Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side..

Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture..

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

Conceptacle :: Conceptacle (n.) A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles..

Costated :: Costated (a.) Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs; (Bot.) having one or more longitudinal ribs..

Random Fonts

Most Popular