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