縦じゅう断だん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

running through north-south; cutting across; travelling across

Describes movement or extension along a north-south axis, such as a road, railway, or journey. Often used with する to mean 'to traverse longitudinally'. Intransitive.

See also: 横断

• 新しん幹かん線せんが日本にほん列れっ島とうを縦じゅう断だんする。

  The Shinkansen runs through the Japanese archipelago from north to south.

• 彼かれは自じ転てん車しゃでアメリカ大たい陸りくを縦じゅう断だんした。

  He cycled across the American continent from north to south.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally

Used for cutting or dividing something along its length, such as in dissection, engineering, or diagrams. Transitive.

See also: 横断

• 標ひょう本ほんを縦じゅう断だんして内ない部ぶ構こう造ぞうを調しらべる。

  We cut the specimen longitudinally to examine its internal structure.