LONGITUDINALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does longitudinally mean? 

• LONGITUDINALLY (adverb)
  The adverb LONGITUDINALLY has 3 senses:

1. across time

2. in the direction of the length

3. with respect to longitude

  Familiarity information: LONGITUDINALLY used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LONGITUDINALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Across time

Context example:

We studied the development of the children longitudinally

Sense 2

Meaning:

In the direction of the length

Synonyms:

lengthways; lengthwise; longitudinally; longways; longwise

Context example:

He cut the paper lengthwise

Pertainym:

longitudinal (running lengthwise)

Sense 3

Meaning:

With respect to longitude

Context example:

longitudinally measured

Pertainym:

longitudinal (of or relating to lines of longitude)

 Context examples 

Metacentric chromosomes produced during MEIOSIS or MITOSIS when the CENTROMERE splits transversely instead of longitudinally.

(Isochromosome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Either of the two longitudinally adjacent threads formed when a eukaryotic chromosome replicates prior to mitosis.

(Chromatid, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

They form a large bundle of corticofugal fibers extending longitudinally on each side of the midline on the ventral surface of the midbrain.

(Crus Cerebri, NCI Thesaurus)