Category:Longitudinal

Lon`gi*tu"di*nal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. longitudinal.]

1. Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance.

2. Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body. Cheyne.

longitudinal Lon`gi*tu"di*nal, n.

Defn: A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.