Meridionality: alternatives and connections

An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east…

Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator.

The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a sta…

A stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere.

An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as…

About, or near, the meridian.

To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between…

The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or betw…

An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism,…

The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.

The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon.

Below the horizon; as, the inferior part of a meridian.

Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.

The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which lo…

In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heave…

Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspe…