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Longitudinal vs Oblong - What's the difference?

longitudinal | oblong |

As adjectives the difference between longitudinal and oblong

is that longitudinal is relating to length, or to longitude while oblong is longer than wide.

As nouns the difference between longitudinal and oblong

is that longitudinal is any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc while oblong is something with an oblong shape.

longitudinal

English

Adjective

(wikipedia longitudinal) (-)
  • 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.

    • Antonyms

    * (relating to length) transverse * (sampling data over time) cross-sectional

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.
  • # A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
    • ----

    oblong

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Longer than wide.
  • Roughly rectangular or ellipsoidal.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something with an oblong shape.
  • A rectangle having length greater than width.

    • Related terms

    * oblate

    See also

    * prolate * rectangle ----