Longitudinal: alternatives and connections

By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.

Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.

A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood,…

Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.

A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accura…

The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a stea…

A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.

A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger.

The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the o…

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…

To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as to longitude.

To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a nu…

Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.

The date at which a planet or comet has a longitude or position.

The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the "union" to the extreme end.

Having reference to the earth as center; in relation to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to heliocentric, as seen from the s…

any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude

Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain,…