meridional : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: meridional	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for meridional
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meridional adj of or relating to a meridian located in the south or characteristic of southern people or places
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meridional \Merid"ional\, a. [F. m[82]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.