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Longitudinal vs Zonal - What's the difference?

longitudinal | zonal |

As adjectives the difference between longitudinal and zonal

is that longitudinal is relating to length, or to longitude while zonal is divided into zones.

As a noun longitudinal

is any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.

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.
    • ----

    zonal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Divided into zones.
  • Related to, associated with, or similar to zones.
  • Roughly longitudinal movement of air or ocean currents (east to west, or west to east).

    • Derived terms

    * zonal kinetic energy * zonal wind

    Related terms

    * zonally * zonary

    References

    * * * * Glossary of Terms: Z, PhysicalGeography.net , Michael Pidwirny, 2006.