meridional in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for meridional in the English»French Dictionary

I.meridional [Brit məˈrɪdɪən(ə)l, Am məˈrɪdiənəl] N (person)

II.meridional [Brit məˈrɪdɪən(ə)l, Am məˈrɪdiənəl] ADJ

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The sextant was used with great care and only for lunars, while the octant was used for routine meridional altitude measurements of the sun every day.
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The propagation of light through optical fibre can take place via meridional rays or skew rays.
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It refers to a theoretical coherence between the geographic latitude and the meridional curvature of the geoid.
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