longitudinaladjective
uk/ˌlɒŋ.ɡɪˈtʃuː.dɪ.nəl//ˌlɒn.dʒɪˈtʃuː.dɪ.nəl//ˌlɑːn.dʒəˈtuː.dɪ.nəl/specializedused to refer to lines or distances east or west of an imaginary line between the North Pole and the South Pole :
Longitudinal lines run from north to south.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Countries, nationalities & continents: continents & regions of the world
- Antarctic
- Antarctica
- Arab
- Asian
- Atlantic
- Australasia
- Balkan
- basque
- equator
- European
- Latin
- roaring forties
- South America
- the Arctic Circle
- the land of the midnight sun idiom
- the Middle East
- the Pacific Rim
- the subtropics
- tropic
- Western Saharan
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medical in the long direction of the body or of any body part:
a longitudinal rash
medical, social sciences Longitudinal research is done on people or groups over a long period of time:
longitudinal analysis/studies