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Sagittal vs Longitudinal - What's the difference?

sagittal | longitudinal |

As adjectives the difference between sagittal and longitudinal

is that sagittal is in the direction from dorsal to ventral while longitudinal is relating to length, or to longitude.

As a noun longitudinal is

any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.

sagittal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (anatomy) In the direction from dorsal to ventral.
  • Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrow-like appendage.

    • Derived terms

    * sagittally * sagittal plane

    See also

    * coronal

    Anagrams

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    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.
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