longitudinal

  1. Adjective.  Relating to length, or to longitude.
  2. Adjective.  Running in the direction of the long axis of a body.
  3. Adjective.  Forward and/or backward, relative to some defined direction.
  4. Adjective.  (science, and) Sampling data over time rather than merely once.

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