longitudinal direction
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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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direction
noun
uk/daɪˈrek.ʃən/us/dɪˈrek.ʃən/
the position towards which someone or something moves ...
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In this case the particle not only oscillates in the azimuthal direction, but starts moving in thelongitudinaldirection, along the z-axis.
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However, in previous analyses, the beam motion is restricted to thelongitudinaldirectionassuming an infinitely strong magnetic field.
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Dominance of the even harmonics results from the motion in thelongitudinaldirectioninduced by the magnetic field.
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This provided the same couch parameters in thelongitudinaldirectionduring the whole treatment, as the belly board is fixed to the couch.
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The standard deviation in thelongitudinaldirectionturns out to be much smaller than the mean free path.
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Owing to this the temperature is uniform in the radial direction and has high gradients in thelongitudinaldirection.
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The ionospheric density is enhanced with striated structure in thelongitudinaldirection.
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The superficial components of the right ventricular musculature run inlongitudinaldirection, and shorten the outflow tract during contraction.
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This emission evidences a motion along thelongitudinaldirectionthat has components at twice the fundamental frequency.
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Therefore, if the target survives the deviatoric stresses generated by the pressure gradient in radial direction, it will also survive those generated inlongitudinaldirection.
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The scale in thelongitudinaldirectionis reduced 3.8 times.
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Low-speed streaks would lift from the surface and develop into vortices either in the transverse or in thelongitudinaldirection.
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In other words, there is a non-zero vortex force in thelongitudinaldirectionacting on each vortex core.
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We select the z-axis in thelongitudinaldirection.
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The channel is ended in alongitudinaldirectionby the two electrodes.
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During the propagation through the plasma, the laser pulse is also strongly modified along thelongitudinaldirection.
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It is interesting to note that the component turbulent kinetic energy seems to diffuse in thelongitudinaldirectionas a one half power.
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As a result the transport coefficients, in our case the electron thermal conductivity, are significantly less than classical in thelongitudinaldirection, being huge in the radial direction.
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