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Definition of Lengthways
1. Adverb. In the direction of the length. "He cut the paper lengthwise"
2. Adjective. Running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing. "The lengthwise dimension"
Similar to: Axial, End-to-end, Fore-and-aft, Linear, Running, Longitudinal
Antonyms: Crosswise
Definition of Lengthways
1. adv. In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.
Definition of Lengthways
1. Adjective. lengthwise ¹
2. Adverb. lengthwise ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lengthways
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lengthways
Literary usage of Lengthways
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1884)
"This was the high table for distinguished guests, placed lengthways across the
end of the hall opposite the entrance, and usually on a raised platform. ..."
2. The Electrical Engineer (1893)
"Gearing with these wheels are four small pinions mounted upon two horizontal
shafts running lengthways of the dynamo-house, as will be seen from the ..."
3. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1870)
"This stiffness is further increased by the 9-in. girders, running lengthways
underneath, riveted to the beams, and connected with the timber stringers, ..."
4. The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending Practical by Luke Hebert (1846)
"... rectangular tubes 11> running lengthways of the boiler. The fire ¡3 placed in
the upper part of each of these, upon the bara ae in the section. ..."
5. Journal of a Few Months' Residence in Portugal and Glimpses of the South of by Dorothy Wordsworth Quillinan, Edmund Lee (1895)
"You meet. a few priests walking about the streets of Seville in their long black
gowns and curiously-formed hats, like a long black roll placed lengthways ..."
6. The Theory of Strains in Girders and Similar Structures: With Observations by Bindon Blood Stoney (1873)
"Strength of iron plates lengthways 1O per cent, greater than crossways—Removing
skin of wrought-iron does not injure its tensile strength. ..."
7. Hortus Jamaicensis, Or, A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean by John Lunan (1814)
"... jmd I also observed the fruit split lengthways into three valves.", ' MARJORAM.
ORIGANUM. CL. ..."
8. Notes on Construction in Mild Steel: Arranged for the Use of Junior by Henry Fidler (1907)
"In the old days the tensile resistance of wrought-iron plates across the grain
was considerably below that lengthways of the grain, while the ultimate ..."
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