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View synonyms for longitudinal section

longitudinal section

noun

  1. the representation of an object as it would appear if cut by the vertical plane passing through the longest axis of the object.


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The above was a longitudinal section, but now let’s look at a cross section.

A longitudinal section of the tapering tube end, with the screw-thread as actually formed, is shown full size in Fig. 291a for a nominal 21⁄2 inch tube, that is, a tube of about 21⁄2 inches internal diameter, and 27⁄8 inches actual external diameter.

A longitudinal section through the centre of the machine is shown in Fig.

Fig. 3390a is a longitudinal section through the boiler and one steam cylinder and pump.

It will be seen in the longitudinal section, Fig. 3390a, that the steam valve face is a segment of a circle and therefore answers, so far as the distribution of the steam is concerned, to a simple D slide valve, which exhausts through the pipes m, p.

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