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meridionally, adv.|məˈrɪdɪənəlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In the direction of the meridian; north and south. Also, in the direction of the poles (of a magnet).
1613M. Ridley Magn. Bodies 33 Cut a part from a Magnet stone meridionally. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. ii. 58 In this manner pendulous, they [wires] will conforme themselves Meridionally; directing one extreame unto the North, another to the South. 1705Derham in Phil. Trans. XXV. 2140 They would exert the same effects that Magnets are said to do, when sawn in two Meridionally. 1886A. Winchell Walks Geol. Field 267 Here this broad ocean was interrupted by the meridionally disposed Colorado, Medicine-Bow, and Park Ranges. |