longitudinal
pronunciation
How to pronounce longitudinal in British English:
UK [ˌlɒŋɡɪˈtjuːdɪnl]
How to pronounce longitudinal in American English:
US [ˌlɑːndʒəˈtuːdnl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to lines of longitude
- running lengthwise
- over an extended time
Word Origin
- longitudinal (adj.)
- 1706, from Latin longitudo (see longitude) + -al (1).
Example
- 1. Basic end strength and crash energy management performance in longitudinal encounters .
- 2. The researchers came to their conclusion after analysing data collected through the american national longitudinal survey of youth .
- 3. Recent longitudinal research has also found a significant protective relationship between social support and stroke mortality , but not stroke incidence .
- 4. He hopes that future large-scale , longitudinal studies will fully address these issues , including the public-health consequences of the boxed warning .
- 5. I do think as we carry out these longitudinal studies , we 're not going to end up with thousands of autism types .