Word Meanings - LONGITUDINALLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In the direction of length.

Related words: (words related to LONGITUDINALLY)

• LENGTHFUL
  Long. Pope.
• LENGTHINESS
  The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.
• LENGTHWAYS; LENGTHWISE
  In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.
• DIRECTION
  The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. Wilhelm. Syn. -- Administration; guidance; management; superintendence;
• LENGTHILY
  In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.
• LENGTHEN
  To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out. What if I please to lengthen out his date. Dryden.
• LENGTHY
  Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like. "Lengthy periods." Washington. "Some lengthy additions." Byron. "These would be details too lengthy." Jefferson. "To cut short lengthy
• LENGTH
  1. The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the
• ALENGTH
  At full length; lenghtwise. Chaucer.
• HALF-LENGTH
  Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
• BISHOP'S LENGTH
  A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 of 56.
• MISDIRECTION
  An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. Mozley & W. (more info) 1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.
• INDIRECTION
  Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. "By indirections find directions out." Shak.
• ENLENGTHEN
  To lengthen.
• WHOLE-LENGTH
  Representing the whole figure; -- said of a picture or statue. -- n.