longitudinal section

collocation in English

meaningsoflongitudinalandsection

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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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section
noun
uk
/ˈsek.ʃən/us
/ˈsek.ʃən/
one of the parts that something is ...
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(Definition oflongitudinalandsectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thelongitudinalsectionthrough the spindle apparatus documents the poorly developed perispindle membrane system.
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Thelongitudinalsectionthrough a microspondium shows that the two nuclei possess an electron-dense mass (arrowheads).
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Longitudinalsectionof the cerebral and ventral ganglion showing them joined by connectives.
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Lateral to the centrioles there is a fibrous body with a striated appearance inlongitudinalsection.
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Thelongitudinalsectionthrough a bivalent at high magnification shows virus-like particles scattered throughout the chromatin.
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A thinlongitudinalsectionof each flower or bud was removed with a sharp scalpel to expose achenes.
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Seed: (a) external view; (b)longitudinalsectionshowing endosperm (end) and embryo (emb) in outline; (c) transversal section showing juxtaposed cotyledons; (d) transversal section showing embryonic axis.
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These 'epidermal' myofibres are orientated in both longitudinal and circular directions and inlongitudinalsectionmay stretch for several microns.
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The first illustration depicts alongitudinalsectionof a cylinder in a steam engine.
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In fact, these discrete plates are interconnected inlongitudinalsection.
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Form drag depends on thelongitudinalsectionof the body.
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In alongitudinalsection, they appear as a series of dark bands.
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They tend to be flattened and rounded in cross section, in plan view as seen from above, and inlongitudinalsection.
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The longitudinal sections extend up to two kilometers downstream of the dam.
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Eight microtubules could be traced in longitudinal sections of the tachyzoites.
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Longitudinal sections were cut to thicknesses of 10 m and stained with hematoxylin.
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Nerves were sectioned to provide longitudinal sections of the ventral nerve photoreceptors.
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Bars = 1 mm (right bar for longitudinal sections and left bar for cross-sections).
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