längssträckor

Längssträckor is a term used in Swedish to denote segments or stretches that run along a principal direction of a system or phenomenon. The word is formed from längs- meaning along and sträcka meaning stretch or segment. It describes portions of linear objects or routes that extend in the same alignment as their main axis.

In civil engineering and transport planning, längssträckor refer to predefined segments along a route used for maintenance, surveys, or traffic management. These segments may have uniform properties or restrictions and are used to organize work or data collection along the route.

In geology and geography, längssträckor describe portions along the course of a river, coastline, fault, or mountain belt where observations are taken longitudinally, emphasizing variation along the trend rather than across it.

In materials science and physics, the term can denote measurements or behaviors along the longitudinal axis of a specimen or structure, such as longitudinal strain, temperature gradients, or wave propagation, in contrast to transverse directions.

Because usage is field-specific, längssträckor does not have a single universal definition beyond its general sense as along-axis segments. In translation, it is often rendered as longitudinal segments or along-strips, depending on context.