Linear vs Longitudinal - What's the difference?
linear | longitudinal |
Having the form of a line; straight.
Of or relating to lines.
Made in a step-by-step, logical manner.
(botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
(mathematics) Of or relating to a class of polynomial of the form .
(physics) A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).
Relating to length, or to longitude.
Running in the direction of the long axis of a body.
Forward and/or backward, relative to some defined direction.
(science, and, social science, of a study) Sampling data over time rather than merely once.
Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.
# A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
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