What does longitudinal mean?
Definitions for longitudinal
ˌlɒn dʒɪˈtud n l, -ˈtyud-lon·gi·tu·di·nal
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Princeton's WordNet
longitudinaladjective
of or relating to lines of longitude
"longitudinal reckoning by the navigator"
longitudinaladjective
running lengthwise
"a thin longitudinal strip"; "longitudinal measurements of the hull"
longitudinaladjective
over an extended time
"a longitudinal study of twins"
Wiktionary
longitudinalnoun
Any longtitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.
longitudinaladjective
Relating to length, or to longitude.
longitudinaladjective
Running in the direction of the long axis of a body.
longitudinaladjective
Forward and/or backward, relative to some defined direction.
longitudinaladjective
Sampling data over time rather than merely once.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Longitudinaladjective
Measured by the length; running in the longest direction.
Etymology: from longitude; longitudinal, French.
Longitudinal is opposed to transverse: these vesiculæ are distended, and their longitudinal diameters straitened, and so the length of the whole muscle shortened. George Cheyne.
ChatGPT
longitudinal
Longitudinal refers to a type of study, data collection, or analysis that occurs over a prolonged period of time, where data is collected at multiple time points from the same subjects or items. It can also refer to anything running or occurring in the direction of the long axis of a structure or object, such as in anatomy or geography.
Webster Dictionary
Longitudinaladjective
of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance
Longitudinaladjective
extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body
Longitudinalnoun
a railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail
Etymology: [Cf. F. longitudinal.]
Entomology
Longitudinal
in the direction of the long axis.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of longitudinal in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of longitudinal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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There probably is reverse causation, but one of the things that some of the longitudinal research suggests is that when you look at kids over time -- so controlling for baseline rates of misbehavior -- children who are disciplined with corporal punishment versus those who are not, who have the same kinds of behavior problems, show increases in behavior problems over time in a way that children who aren't disciplined that way don't, so yes, there is probably some truth to the idea that kids who are predisposed to misbehavior for whatever reason are more likely to be spanked by parents who use that form of discipline than kids who are less likely to misbehave for whatever reason.
We hope to extend this knowledge by looking more closely at different aspects of reading environments, at-risk populations and interventions, and ultimately conduct a longitudinal study of key contributors to brain networks supporting literacy from birth through kindergarten.
The shift from physician-centric to consumer-centric care delivery and building a longitudinal relationship with patients - that process is the single most-talked-about trend in healthcare.
We want to follow the science all the way to the end, no matter what the outcomes are, and run this longitudinal study, it's not something that we have to do, but it's the right thing to do.
There are no longitudinal studies that show a link between violence and video games, certainly, there is no linkage to gun violence.
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