meridialadj.

Brit.

/mᵻˈrɪdɪəl/, U.S.

/məˈrɪdiəl/

Forms: 1500s merydyal, 1500s merydyall, 1800s 1900s– meridial (in sense 3).

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Perhaps partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Latin merīdiālis ; meridian adj.

Etymology: < classical Latin merīdiālis < merīdiēs midday, south (see meridian adj.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare meridian adj. and meridional adj. In sense 3 perhaps formed independently as alteration of meridian adj. with suffix substitution (see -al suffix¹).With meridial line (in quot. 1942 at sense 3) compare meridian line n. at meridian adj. Compounds and meridional line n. at meridional adj. and n. Compounds. With meridial plane (in quot. 1980 at sense 3) compare meridian plane in quot. 1956 at meridian adj. 2a.

rare.

†1. Of a wind: blowing from the south. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adjective]

southernOE

southwardOE

meridionalc1386

austral1398

southly1440

meridian?a1475

meridialc1540

southerly1556

southernly1591

southwardlyc1612

austrian1634

austrine1635

south'ard1671

fore-south1686

southwards1838

c1540 A. Borde Bk. for to Lerne B ij b The merydyall wynde of all wyndes is the most worst.

†2. Of or belonging to midday. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > noon or midday > [adjective]

meridianc1400

meridialc1540

noontide1595

meridional1608

noondaya1651

full tide1702

midnoon1805

c1540 A. Borde Bk. for to Lerne C iv b Whole men..shuld..eschew merydyall slepe.

1832 W. Motherwell Sabbath Summer Noon in Poems 164 Far down the glen in distance gleams The hamlet's tapering spire, And glittering in meridial beams, Its vane is tongued with fire.

3. = meridian adj. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > geodetic references > [adjective] > meridian

meridiana1450

meridional1555

meridial1653

1653 in J. H. Pleasants Arch. Maryland (1937) LIV. 54 Th^e same beeinge bounded..on the West w^th a meridial liene from heade of th^e branch.

1908 Science 18 Sept. 377/2 That mode of distribution called by the author ‘meridial symmetry’.

1942 L. B. Namier Conflicts 176 In the fourteenth century, the Lithuanian princes tried to re-establish the meridial line from the Baltic to the Black Sea.

1961 Jrnl. Sci. Instruments 38 93/1 At the edge of the field of ±3½°, the meridial section of the aperture is vignetted to about 80% of its axial value.

1980 Computers & Geosci. 6 282/1 The program..creates the contours on the surface of the reference sphere, and projects them onto the meridial plane in an equal-angle mode.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meridial
释义	meridialadj. Brit. /mᵻˈrɪdɪəl/, U.S. /məˈrɪdiəl/ Forms: 1500s merydyal, 1500s merydyall, 1800s 1900s– meridial (in sense 3). Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Perhaps partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Latin merīdiālis ; meridian adj. Etymology: < classical Latin merīdiālis < merīdiēs midday, south (see meridian adj.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare meridian adj. and meridional adj. In sense 3 perhaps formed independently as alteration of meridian adj. with suffix substitution (see -al suffix¹).With meridial line (in quot. 1942 at sense 3) compare meridian line n. at meridian adj. Compounds and meridional line n. at meridional adj. and n. Compounds. With meridial plane (in quot. 1980 at sense 3) compare meridian plane in quot. 1956 at meridian adj. 2a. rare. †1. Of a wind: blowing from the south. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adjective] southernOE southwardOE meridionalc1386 austral1398 southly1440 meridian?a1475 meridialc1540 southerly1556 southernly1591 southwardlyc1612 austrian1634 austrine1635 south'ard1671 fore-south1686 southwards1838 c1540 A. Borde Bk. for to Lerne B ij b The merydyall wynde of all wyndes is the most worst. †2. Of or belonging to midday. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > noon or midday > [adjective] meridianc1400 meridialc1540 noontide1595 meridional1608 noondaya1651 full tide1702 midnoon1805 c1540 A. Borde Bk. for to Lerne C iv b Whole men..shuld..eschew merydyall slepe. 1832 W. Motherwell Sabbath Summer Noon in Poems 164 Far down the glen in distance gleams The hamlet's tapering spire, And glittering in meridial beams, Its vane is tongued with fire. 3. = meridian adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > geodetic references > [adjective] > meridian meridiana1450 meridional1555 meridial1653 1653 in J. H. Pleasants Arch. Maryland (1937) LIV. 54 Th^e same beeinge bounded..on the West w^th a meridial liene from heade of th^e branch. 1908 Science 18 Sept. 377/2 That mode of distribution called by the author ‘meridial symmetry’. 1942 L. B. Namier Conflicts 176 In the fourteenth century, the Lithuanian princes tried to re-establish the meridial line from the Baltic to the Black Sea. 1961 Jrnl. Sci. Instruments 38 93/1 At the edge of the field of ±3½°, the meridial section of the aperture is vignetted to about 80% of its axial value. 1980 Computers & Geosci. 6 282/1 The program..creates the contours on the surface of the reference sphere, and projects them onto the meridial plane in an equal-angle mode. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1540
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