longitudinal component

collocation in English

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longitudinal
adjective
uk
/ˌlɒŋ.ɡɪˈtʃuː.dɪ.nəl/
uk
/ˌlɒn.dʒɪˈtʃuː.dɪ.nəl/
us
/ˌlɑːn.dʒəˈtuː.dɪ.nəl/
used to refer to lines or distances east or west of an imaginary line between the North Pole and the South ...
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component
noun[C]
uk
/kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/
us
/kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/
a part that combines with other parts to form ...
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Thelongitudinalcomponentof the velocity ux clearly reveals oscillating behavior superimposed on a soliton-like structure.
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Although for an idealized approach, one may neglect thelongitudinalcomponentof the laser electric field and may not adopt focusing in the transverse dimensions.
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This means that thelongitudinalcomponentof the momentum equation is of primary importance.
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For the plane waves, there is nolongitudinalcomponentof the electric field; the field components are normal to the propagation direction.
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We have seen that it is thelongitudinalcomponentof the radially polarized laser pulse (3) that accelerates the electrons.
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This results from the coupling of thelongitudinalcomponentof the electric field into the density gradient leading to the generation of a propagating plasma wave.
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Thelongitudinalcomponentof the electric fields is found to be larger than the incident laser field near the critical surface, where there is also an electron density peak.
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However, thelongitudinalcomponentis merely unphysical gauge.
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Some magnetographs can only measure the component of the magnetic field along the line of sight from the observer to the source (the field'slongitudinalcomponent).
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One corresponds to the leading term with longitudinal components of the displacement, and another has the transversal displacement in the leading term.
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Suppression of electron scattering by the longitudinal components of tightly focused laser fields.
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In the present paper we focus on the longitudinal components since derivatives in the cross-stream direction involve larger errors.
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Tusi was the first astronomer to attempt a solution which would provide for latitudinal motion without introducing alongitudinalcomponent.
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In theories where supersymmetry is a local symmetry, the goldstino is absorbed by the gravitino, the gauge field it couples to, becoming itslongitudinalcomponent, and giving it nonvanishing mass.
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For a small spot size, the longitudinal components become large and the angle-energy relation is violated.
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The average value of the longitudinal components of these instantaneous forces is called the ship's ice resistance.
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This is done by deconvolution of the incoming vertical and longitudinal components of the seismogram which removed the common part of the components - namely the source and travel path information.
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