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Meaning of "meridional" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MERIDIONAL

From Late Latin merīdiōnālis southern.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MERIDIONAL

meridional  [məˈrɪdɪənəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MERIDIONAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Meridional can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MERIDIONAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Zonal and meridional

The terms zonal and meridional are used to describe directions on a globe. Zonal means "along a latitude circle" or "in the west–east direction"; while meridional means "along a meridian" or "in the north–south direction". These terms are often used in the atmospheric and earth sciences to describe global phenomena, such as "meridional wind flow", or "zonal temperature". "Meridional" is also used to describe the axis close to the chain orientation in a polymer fiber, while the term "equatorial" is used to describe the direction normal to the fiber axis. For vector fields, the zonal component is denoted as u, while the meridional component is denoted as v.

Definition of meridional in the English dictionary

The first definition of meridional in the dictionary is along, relating to, or resembling a meridian. Other definition of meridional is characteristic of or located in the south, esp of Europe. Meridional is also an inhabitant of the south, esp of France.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MERIDIONAL


additional
əˈdɪʃənəl
arsenal
ˈɑːsənəl
constitutional
ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl
conventional
kənˈvɛnʃənəl
educational
ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃənəl
embryonal
ˈembrɪənəl
emotional
ɪˈməʊʃənəl
exceptional
ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl
functional
ˈfʌŋkʃənəl
international
ˌɪntəˈnæʃənəl
lienal
ˈlaɪənəl
national
ˈnæʃənəl
obsidional
ɒbˈsɪdɪənəl
optional
ˈɒpʃənəl
personal
ˈpɜːsənəl
postembryonal
ˌpəʊstˈembrɪənəl
professional
prəˈfɛʃənəl
regional
ˈriːdʒənəl
septentrional
sɛpˈtɛntrɪənəl
traditional
trəˈdɪʃənəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MERIDIONAL

meri
mericarp
meridian
meridian circle
meridian section
meridionality
meridionally
meril
merils
merimake
mering
meringue
merino
Merionethshire
merisis
merism
meristem
meristematic
meristic
meristically

WORDS THAT END LIKE MERIDIONAL

computational
congressional
dimensional
fictional
informational
inspirational
instructional
motivational
nutritional
occasional
occupational
operational
organizational
promotional
rational
recreational
seasonal
the National
the Second International
transitional
vocational

Synonyms and antonyms of meridional in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «meridional» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MERIDIONAL

Find out the translation of meridional to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of meridional from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «meridional» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

子午
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

meridional
570 millions of speakers

English

meridional
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दक्षिणी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزوالية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

меридиональной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meridional
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মধ্যরেখাবস্থিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

méridional
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meridian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

meridionale
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

子午
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

남북
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Meridional
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về phương nam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நெடுங்கோட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मध्यावधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

meridyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

meridionale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Meridional
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

меридіональною
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

meridional
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεσημβρινή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meridionale
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

meridionala
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

meridional
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of meridional

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MERIDIONAL»

The term «meridional» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.427 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MERIDIONAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about meridional

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERIDIONAL»

Discover the use of meridional in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to meridional and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fortran program for calculating velocities in the meridional ...
The program will determine the velocities in the meridional plane of a backward-swept impeller, a radial impeller, and a vaned diffuser.
Michael R. Vanco, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center, 1972
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Ophthalmology
6-36-3 Meridional fold with a small break at the base of the fold. The pars plana is delineated at its posterior margin by the ora serrata. The sensory retina continues into the pars plana as the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium. The vitreous base ...
Myron Yanoff, Jay S. Duker, James J. Augsburger, 2009
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Admiralty Manual of Navigation
This formula (see Appendix 3) gives the number of meridional parts in the latitude of T for a perfect sphere. In the Table of Meridional Parts (NP 239), as previously mentioned (page 64), the meridional parts are given allowing for the spheroidal ...
‎1987
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American Practical Navigator
In using this table, the degrees are to be found at the top or the bottom, and the miles at the side ; in the angle of meeting will be the length of the corresponding expanded arch, usually called the meridional parts. .If you wish to find the arch of  ...
‎1821
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ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
I. If one of the proposed places lies on the equator, then the meridional difference of latitude is the fame with the latitude of the other place, taken from the table of meridional parts. Example. Required the meridional difference of la- titude ...
‎1773
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Turbomachinery Performance Analysis
6. Vorticity. production. in. turbomachines. and. its. influence. upon. meridional. flows. Introduction The title of this chapter has been chosen with good reason, for turbomachines operate, as the Latin turbo suggests, by creating a whirling motion  ...
R. I. Lewis, 1996
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The Authorship of the Equatorie of the Planetis
... 1iHTCurm.s (1) 72vl5 mcmlic (2) 71vl4 the yer of crist .1392. complei the laste mendte of decembre V this lymbe shallow 72r25 london]) the aux of saturmu was the -(1«si) mendle of decembre at londone 1 seye the aux meridional (1) 78rl4 I ...
Kari Anne Rand Schmidt, Kari Anne Rand, 1993
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A Collection of Treatises on the Effects of Sol-Lunar ...
Francis BALFOUR (M.D., of Calcutta.) nerally run considerably higher in the nocturno-meridional paroxysms than in the diurno-meridional : And thirdly, that the nocturno-meridional paroxysms often continue to return _in the course of the  ...
Francis BALFOUR (M.D., of Calcutta.), 1816
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The New Practical Navigator: Being a Complete Epitome of ...
which a true nautical chart may be constructed, called Me"rca"tdrrs Chart, and all the Cafes in Wright's, commonly called Men- cator's Sailing, constructed and calculated. As this Table contains the meridional parts for every degree and minute ...
John Hamilton Moore, 1807
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The practical navigator, and seaman's new daily assistant
As this Table contains the meridional parts for every degree and minute of the quadrant, from the equator to the poles, it will be easy to find the meridional parts corresponding to any parallel of latitude, as for example : Required the meridional ...
John Hamilton Moore, Joseph Foss Dessiou, 1814

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERIDIONAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term meridional is used in the context of the following news items.
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New Ice Age May Begin By 2030
By increasing the flow of particles in the lower atmospheric layers air flows of meridional direction enhance: warm currents from the south with ... «Lab Manager Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Model Biases Leading to a Double Intertropical Convergence Zone
... temperature," that (4) "the shallow meridional circulation overly converges in the same region in the CAM 5 stand-alone simulation," that (5,6) ... «CO2 Science Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Sun's activity controls Greenland temperatures
Water circulation in the Atlantic follows a steady pattern of movement, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
4
El BAD prevé un crecimiento para Asia de un 6,1 % en 2015 y un 6 …
La emergencia de India convierte a Asia Meridional (Pakistán, Afganistán, Bangladesh, Bután, India, Maldivas, Nepal y Sri Lanka) en la zona ... «La Vanguardia, Jul 15»
5
¿Dólares o renminbis?
... territorial en los mares de China Meridional y de China Oriental; todo ello con la consecuencia obligada de comparar constantemente China ... «El Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Retiran bandera confederada que ondeaba en el Capitolio de …
Pero sus voces fueron ahogadas por los partidarios que argumentaban que es un símbolo de la cultura meridional. La mañana de este jueves, ... «WPTV.com, Jul 15»
7
The Arctic This Week July 8
... on June 29 links the decline of Arctic summer sea ice of the past decades to a changing Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), ... «The Arctic Institute, Jul 15»
8
Two troubling maps show Greenland's sudden, rapid meltdown
In addition to sea level rise, the influx of freshwater could also be slowing the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, a crucial ocean current ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
9
Obama recibe en la Casa Blanca a jefe de comunistas vietnamitas
No en vano, Obama destacó hoy "la importancia de resolver la disputa marítima en el mar de China Meridional y a través de la región de Asia ... «Martí Noticias, Jul 15»
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Global Warming Threatens Colder Climate for Europe
“We believe the weakening will continue and eventually cause changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and the Gulf Stream, ... «Truthdig, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Meridional [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/meridional>. May 2024 ».
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