meridional
Of the south
Meridional means relating to a meridian—an imaginary line running north-south on a map or globe.
More broadly, it describes things of or characteristic of the south, particularly southern Europe: the meridional warmth of the Mediterranean coast, meridional dialects of French.
The word appears mainly in technical, geographic, or literary contexts.
From the south
- australOf the south
- subtropicalClimate near the tropics
- equatorialOf Earth's central line
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
warm · sunny · latitude · hemisphere · climate · region · direction · southward
Midpoint circle of rotation
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- hemisphereHalf of a ball
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- projectionSomething that extends outward
coordinate · navigation · map · atlas · geodesy · topography · antipodal · great circle
southerly
From the south
- australOf the south
- subtropicalClimate near the tropics
- equatorialOf Earth's central line
tropical · warm · sunny · latitude · hemisphere · climate · region · direction · southward · temperate
equator
Midpoint circle of rotation
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- hemisphereHalf of a ball
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
projection · coordinate · navigation · map · atlas · geodesy · topography · antipodal · great circle · azimuth
zenith
Point straight overhead
culmination · transit · solar · apex · solstice · equinox · daylight · passage · altitude · celestial
- Southern thingsDixie, southern cuisine, southern dialects, Southern Hemisphere, southbound
- Southern HemisphereAntarctica, Australia, South America, South Africa, New Zealand
- anatomical directionssagittal, transverse, lateral, dorsal, ventral