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meridional


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Meridional  \Me*rid"i*o*nal\,  a.  [F.  m['e]ridional,  L. 
  meridionalis  fr  meridies  midday.  See  {Meridian}.] 
  1.  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  meridian. 
 
  2.  Having  a  southern  aspect;  southern;  southerly. 
 
  Offices  that  require  heat  .  .  .  should  be 
  meridional.  --Sir  H. 
  Wotton. 
 
  {Meridional  distance},  the  distance  or  departure  from  the 
  meridian;  the  easting  or  westing. 
 
  {Meridional  parts},  parts  of  the  meridian  in  Mercator's 
  projection,  corresponding  to  each  minute  of  latitude  from 
  the  equator  up  to  70  or  80  degrees;  tabulated  numbers 
  representing  these  parts  used  in  projecting  charts,  and  in 
  solving  cases  in  Mercator's  sailing. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  meridional 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  a  meridian 
  2:  located  in  the  south  or  characteristic  of  southern  people  or 
  places 




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