Longitudinal

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Longitudinal is a geometric term of location which may refer to:

• Longitude
  • Line of longitude, also called a meridian
• Longitudinal engine, an internal combustion engine in which the crankshaft is oriented along the long axis of the vehicle, front to back
• Longitudinal mode, a particular standing wave pattern of a resonant cavity formed by waves confined in the cavity
• Longitudinal redundancy check, in telecommunication, a form of redundancy check that is applied independently to each of a parallel group of bit streams.
• Longitudinal study, a research study that involves repeated observations of the same items over long periods of time — often many decades
• Longitudinal voltage, in telecommunication, a voltage induced or appearing along the length of a transmission medium
• Longitudinal wave, a wave with oscillations or vibrations along or parallel to their direction of travel
• Longitudinal/longitudinally are also anatomical terms of location.

• Latitudinal
• Longitude
• Longitudinal axis (disambiguation)
• Transversality (disambiguation)

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