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Definition of meridional in English: meridionaladjective məˈrɪdɪən(ə)lməˈrɪdiənəl 1Of or in the south; southern. the meridional leg of the journey Example sentencesExamples - Most European pre-Quaternary localities are positioned in a restricted latitudinal band, requiring dense and well-dated temporal and spatial records for meridional patterns to be detected.
- The presence of ice sheets, together with the development of sea ice in the polar oceans, also resulted in an increase in meridional (north - south) temperature gradients.
Synonyms southern, southerly, southwardly, antarctic, polar - 1.1 Relating to or characteristic of the inhabitants of southern Europe, especially the South of France.
she was meridional in temperament Example sentencesExamples - However, the zweite Frühstück (second breakfast) eaten in various German-speaking regions is an important northerly counterpart of this meridional institution.
2Relating to a meridian. the meridional line of demarcation Example sentencesExamples - Between the regions contacting leaf primordia, the peripheral zone cells are curved predominantly in the meridional direction.
- The axial intensity distribution was calculated by integrating the region from 0.013 nm - 1 on either side of the meridional axis of the x-ray pattern.
- The meridional and circular muscles antagonize the radial muscles.
- Both regions are muscular, covered with a dense sheet of radial muscles and rings of circular and meridional muscles.
- In the pre-equatorial zone, cells were densely packed, whereas in the equatorial zone, the cells were arranged in the form of distinct meridional rows.
- 2.1Meteorology (of winds and air flow) aligned with lines of longitude.
the spinning of a planet on its axis deflects the meridional winds sideways Example sentencesExamples - The timing of deglaciation shows a close correspondence to increased meridional overturning of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation and attendant warming of the North Atlantic Ocean immediately after the last glacial maximum.
- This juxtaposition of high-pressure and low-pressure systems in similar latitudes causes much more meridional airflow than is normally experienced in similar latitudes in the southern hemisphere.
- The first, known as the meridional flow pattern, circulates between the sun's equator and its poles over a period of 17 to 22 years and acts like a conveyor belt of sunspots.
- The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation carries warm upper waters into far-northern latitudes and returns cold deep waters southward across the Equator.
- The vigor of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation is thought to be vulnerable to global warming.
noun məˈrɪdɪən(ə)lməˈrɪdiənəl A native or inhabitant of southern Europe, especially the south of France.
Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin meridionalis, formed irregularly from Latin meridies 'midday, south'. Definition of meridional in US English: meridionaladjectiveməˈridēənəlməˈrɪdiənəl 1Of or in the south; southern. the meridional leg of the journey Example sentencesExamples - The presence of ice sheets, together with the development of sea ice in the polar oceans, also resulted in an increase in meridional (north - south) temperature gradients.
- Most European pre-Quaternary localities are positioned in a restricted latitudinal band, requiring dense and well-dated temporal and spatial records for meridional patterns to be detected.
Synonyms southern, southerly, southwardly, antarctic, polar - 1.1 Relating to or characteristic of the inhabitants of southern Europe, especially the South of France.
she was meridional in temperament Example sentencesExamples - However, the zweite Frühstück (second breakfast) eaten in various German-speaking regions is an important northerly counterpart of this meridional institution.
2Relating to a meridian. the meridional line of demarcation Example sentencesExamples - The axial intensity distribution was calculated by integrating the region from 0.013 nm - 1 on either side of the meridional axis of the x-ray pattern.
- Both regions are muscular, covered with a dense sheet of radial muscles and rings of circular and meridional muscles.
- In the pre-equatorial zone, cells were densely packed, whereas in the equatorial zone, the cells were arranged in the form of distinct meridional rows.
- Between the regions contacting leaf primordia, the peripheral zone cells are curved predominantly in the meridional direction.
- The meridional and circular muscles antagonize the radial muscles.
- 2.1Meteorology (of winds and air flow) aligned with lines of longitude.
Example sentencesExamples - The vigor of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation is thought to be vulnerable to global warming.
- The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation carries warm upper waters into far-northern latitudes and returns cold deep waters southward across the Equator.
- The timing of deglaciation shows a close correspondence to increased meridional overturning of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation and attendant warming of the North Atlantic Ocean immediately after the last glacial maximum.
- The first, known as the meridional flow pattern, circulates between the sun's equator and its poles over a period of 17 to 22 years and acts like a conveyor belt of sunspots.
- This juxtaposition of high-pressure and low-pressure systems in similar latitudes causes much more meridional airflow than is normally experienced in similar latitudes in the southern hemisphere.
nounməˈridēənəlməˈrɪdiənəl A native or inhabitant of the south, especially the south of France.
Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin meridionalis, formed irregularly from Latin meridies ‘midday, south’. |