longitudinal
adjective
-ˈtyüd-, -ˈt(y)ü-dᵊn-əl, British also ˌläŋ-gə-\
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The team used data from 262 adolescents taken from Dr. Luthar’s New England Study of Suburban Youth (NESSY), a longitudinal study of adolescents in high-achieving schools. — Jennifer Breheny Wallace, WSJ, "The Right Way for Parents to Question Their Teenagers," 23 Nov. 2018 For example, the AAP cites one longitudinal study published in 1995. — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "Here’s What You Need to Know About Using Marijuana While Pregnant or Breastfeeding," 12 Oct. 2018 Rumor is that the Explorer will revert to a longitudinal engine layout and come standard with rear-wheel drive, while all-wheel drive will remain available throughout the model line and is almost certain to come standard on the ST. — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, "Ford Explorer ST Confirmed, Rear-Wheel Drive a Possibility," 15 Mar. 2018 Several longitudinal studies show this, as well, with children, teens, and young adults who spend more time on digital media later showing more mental-health issues. — Jeanne Whalen, WSJ, "Is Screen Time Bad for Children’s Mental Health?," 24 June 2018 Rather, judging by the deformation of the conical, rifled bullet, the slug went in at an angle, embedding itself sideways in the man’s upper femur and precipitating a nasty longitudinal fracture down the bone’s length. — Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, "Newly Unearthed Civil War Bones Speak Silently to the Grim Aftermath of Battle," 20 June 2018 Michigan leads the longitudinal clinical core studying the natural history of concussions among NCAA athletes. — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "University of Wisconsin part of major study on concussions in sports," 30 May 2018 With colleagues in Oxford, she is involved in a longitudinal study of extremely premature babies and another of teen-age girls who suffer particularly painful periods. — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, "The Neuroscience of Pain," 9 May 2016 Regenerative braking levels can be adjusted, and in its most aggressive mode the I-Pace is claimed to be able to achieve a longitudinal braking force of up to 0.4 g without using its friction brakes. — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, "2019 Jaguar I-Pace: The Electric Jag Is Finally Here," 1 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'longitudinal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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longitudinal
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of longitudinal
: placed or going along the long side of something
: of or relating to longitude
: done by observing or examining a group of people or things over time to study how one or two particular things about them change
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longitudinal
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-ˈtyü-\
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