| 单词 | meridional line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmeridional line meridional line n. [compare post-classical Latin linea meridionalis (1267, 1326 in British sources)] †(a) the south line on an astrolabe (obsolete); (b) = meridian n. 2b, 3a; a north–south line. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > meridian meridional linec1392 meridianc1400 midday line?a1439 meridian circlec1550 meridian line1559 midday circle1559 c1392 Equatorie of Planetis 38 (MED) Þe middel of thy thred shal kerue the meridional lyne. a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe i. §4. 6 The whiche lyne, fro the forseide ring unto the centre of the large hool amidde, is clepid the south lyne, or ellis the lyne meridional. a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe ii. §3. 77 Whan the sonne is nygh the meridional lyne. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 590 Mr. Ellicott drew a true meridional line by celestial observation. 1834 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III. Astron. i. 15 They are called meridians, or meridional lines, and the equator bisects all the meridians. 1869 J. B. Ellis Sights & Secrets National Capital 40 After drawing a meridional line..through the site selected for the Capitol, he designed two sets of streets crossing each other at right angles. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 320/2 Associated with these great valleys are a number of volcanic peaks, the greatest of which occur on a meridional line east of the eastern trough. 1991 P. Heselton Elem. Earth Mysteries (BNC) 18 Francis J. Bennett was investigating a parallel system of meridional (north–south) lines in Kent, on which both megalithic sites and churches fell. < as lemmas |
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