Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the direction of the meridian; north and south.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In the direction of the meridian.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a meridional manner
  • adverb With regard to, or in the direction of a meridian

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Examples

  • The zonal flow also causes the accumulation of air in the upper atmosphere as it is no longer flowing meridionally.

    Global-scale circulation of the atmosphere 2009

  • Both pairs of upper cells in the 3cd lineages have completed their unequal, equatorial divisions; the upper cells of the 3ab lineages have just divided meridionally, and 3a The 4dLR121 cells have just divided (4dL121 daughters are still in telophase).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Morgan Q. Goulding 2009

  • Both pairs of upper cells in the 3cd lineages have completed their unequal, equatorial divisions; the upper cells of the 3ab lineages have just divided meridionally, and 3a The 4dLR121 cells have just divided (4dL121 daughters are still in telophase).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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