We studied the development of the children longitudinally. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
longitudinally measured. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : longitudinal measurement. ,a thin, longitudinal stripe. From Dictionary.com.
Fissus: cleft: longitudinally divided nearly to base. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The piles are reinforced longitudinally and transversely. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
One of the main wires passes through the machine longitudinally. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Complicate: longitudinally laid in folds: intricate as opposed to simple. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
It was then cut longitudinally into two pieces, which were used as seats in the porch. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
Dorsal line: in caterpillars, extends longitudinally on the middle of the back or dorsal. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Canaliculate: channelled; longitudinally grooved, with a deeper concave line in the middle. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Another modification of the Martini-Henry consisted in boring it longitudinally and inserting. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Here they find some old cocoa trees hollowed longitudinally, as tanks or reservoirs for the rain water. From Wordnik.com. [Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791] Reference
Head and thorax ferruginous and longitudinally and evenly striated; antennæ and legs pale rufo-testaceous. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
So far we have considered the wood as if made up only of parallel fibres all placed longitudinally in the log. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
No. 4 illustrates the turning out of the longitudinally fissured mantle in such a way as to make a cutting flange. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Internally it is 165 feet long by 70 wide, and is divided longitudinally into aisles by pillars of classical design. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
They flew over the "Suvaroff," some of the big 12-inch projectiles turning over and over longitudinally in their flight. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
Diploptera: = diplopteryga; q.v. Diplopteryga: Hymenoptera; wasps in which the wings are longitudinally folded when at rest. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Black and shiny, the legs obscurely ferruginous as well as the mandibles; the head strongly and evenly striated longitudinally. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
They run N. and S., consist of three rows of stones laid aside of each other longitudinally, and have the shape shown in Pl. V. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference
Cleft: split: partly divided, longitudinally: in Coleopteran applied to claws so divided that the parts lie one above the other. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Running longitudinally, there are four channels in it if it is a tetrachord; six, if it is a hexachord; eight, if it is an octachord. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The gneiss rocks of the first division occupy about a fifth of the surface of the soil, extending longitudinally from north to south. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
The gouge is manipulated in much the same way as the chisel, and like the chisel it is used longitudinally, laterally, and transversely. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
The trestle-work is thoroughly braced longitudinally and across, so that no break can extend further than a single box, which is 16 feet. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
That shrinkage is all that affects the size of the whole structure, because wood does not shrink longitudinally to any appreciable extent. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
This is unequal in different directions, being twice as great tangentially as radially and fifty times as great radially as longitudinally. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
These are cut longitudinally, and are then placed in an oven and heated until they soften, when they are flattened out into plates (Fig. 75). From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
In the longitudinal direction, for most woods, it is almost negligible, being from 20 to over 100 times as great circumferentially as longitudinally. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
It cannot, therefore, be admitted that every transverse row was occupied by one family, still less that the family apartments were arranged longitudinally. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference
Tanka means eggboat; they resemble an eggshell divided longitudinally, and are peculiar to Macào, the shoalness of the water preventing a landing in larger vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
These models are then sawn longitudinally in halves, and each half hollowed out to receive, and to be either tied, or wired on to, the rods-1, 2, 3 and 4 of Plate IV. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
These posts are coarsely hacked off at the upper end, and over them other similar beams are laid longitudinally, sometimes fitted over the posts with chips wedged in. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference
It is just possible that these woods may shrink longitudinally more than is normal, thus furnishing another cause for their peculiar action under certain circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
The stem of each plant is severed as near as possible to the ground and afterwards if hung on lath they are divided longitudinally to admit the air and dry them sooner. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
The first end of the wire is led longitudinally through an annealing medium -- either red-hot lead or heated fire-brick tubes -- of sufficient length to soften the wire. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Abdomen petiolated, smooth and shining, with a beautiful glossy pile, which is most dense at the sides; the apical segment longitudinally subcarinated in the middle above. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
I remember this "call" very distinctly from my childhood because the men giving it placed the thumb upon the larynx and made it vibrate longitudinally while uttering the cry. From Wordnik.com. [Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study] Reference
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