Definition of longitudinal

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

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Scissure :: Scissure (n.) A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure..
Lineolate :: Lineolate (a.) Marked longitudinally with fine lines.
Keel :: Keel (n.) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson..
Orthostichy :: Orthostichy (n.) A longitudinal rank, or row, of leaves along a stem..
Miliola :: Miliola (n.) A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longitudinal chambers..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet..
Latticing :: Latticing (n.) A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut..
Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal section is oblong, and the cross section is circular..
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..
Trachea :: Trachea (n.) One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts..
Bicostate :: Bicostate (a.) Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf..
Rabbet :: Rabbet (n.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate..
Ribband :: Ribband (n.) A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework..
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..
Gutter :: Gutter (v. t.) To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
Tetragonal :: Tetragonal (a.) Having four prominent longitudinal angles.
Tegmentum :: Tegmentum (n.) A covering; -- applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum.
Papyrus :: Papyrus (n.) The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed..
Costa :: Costa (n.) One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.
Longitudinally :: Longitudinally (adv.) In the direction of length.
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