Longitudinal

Longitudinal (from Latin longus "lang") stands for:

• the direction along the longitudinal axis of the body, see anatomical position and direction designations # body planes
• the propagation property of a wave when the oscillation occurs in the direction of propagation, see longitudinal wave
• Adjective to longitude , the geographical longitude

• Valle Longitudinal , also Valle Central , the central valley in the middle of Chile

See also:

• Longitudinal Recording ( longitudinal track recording )
• Longitudinal Timecode (LTC: Timecode Art)
• Longitudinal comparator (comparison measuring device )

Wiktionary: longitudinal  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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