What's the difference between meridional and south?

Meridional


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the meridian.
  • (a.) Having a southern aspect; southern; southerly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Preload (the diastolic diameter of the left ventricle) was within normal limits, while afterload (end-systolic meridional wall stress) was significantly decreased in the acromegalic group.
  • (2) When a meridional-size lens is used to provide magnification in the horizonal meridan for one eye the resulting stereopsis distortion is readily accounted for in the terms of the binocular disparity caused by changed angular relations.
  • (3) Acuity for the direction of drift for these stimuli is of the same order of precision as orientation acuity for static or drifting gratings, and exhibits a meridional anisotropy that favours the principal meridians.
  • (4) Intraoperative end-systolic meridional and circumferential stresses fell significantly in patients with aortic stenosis but remained unchanged in those with aortic regurgitation.
  • (5) Amblyopia was due to anisometropia in 24 cases (50%), strabismus in 9 cases (18.7%), high astigmatism (meridional) in 7 cases (14.5%) and other causes or a combination of factors in 8 cases (16.7%).
  • (6) On the optical diffraction patterns from isolated I-disks the meridional reflections measuring 38.5, 19.2, 12.8 nm are present.
  • (7) Contrast (modulation) sensitivities for gratings of various spatial frequencies and orientations have been determined for meridional amblyopes.
  • (8) Left ventricular end-systolic meridional wall stress (Ses) was then calculated.
  • (9) We conclude that the meridional anisotropy of orientation discrimination, which favours the vertical and horizontal is a result, in part, of the influence of non-visual mechanisms.
  • (10) From these data, meridional stress at end systole was calculated and stress-dimension and stress-shortening relations were derived; measurements of metabolic parameters were made simultaneously.
  • (11) The intensity changes observed in the low-angle meridional X-ray reflections from rat tail tendon, similarly treated, also can be explained by the presence of these bulky complexes.
  • (12) X-ray diffraction indicated that the original cross-beta peptide conformation remained unchanged; however, sulfate binding did produce an intense approximately 65 A meridional reflection not recorded with control peptides.
  • (13) Nevertheless, these features together with the behaviour of the equatorial reflections and the meridional region of the third myosin layer line indicate that a sizeable fraction of the crossbridges may become axially disposed with an actin based periodicity.
  • (14) The internal surface of the pars plicata and the anterior pars plana was characterized by regular meridional ridges and grooves in the younger age group but was irregular in older age group.
  • (15) LV pressure, meridional wall stress (sigman), wall thickness (h), and radius (R) were measured in each patient throughout the cardiac cycle.
  • (16) These connections are mediated by the tips of the meridional muscle.
  • (17) The term meridional amblyopia (MA) defines an amblyopia in one meridian, orthogonally to which the visual acuity is normal.
  • (18) Integral widths of the 14.3-nm meridional reflection measured along the meridian and of the equatorial 1,1 reflection remained almost constant during tension development, while that of the 1,0 reflection tended to decrease.
  • (19) Histological examination of the lens epithelium revealed that a marked disorganization of the meridional rows is associated with the opacity.
  • (20) The structural study reveals an asymmetric pseudo-octahedral N3O3 metal coordination sphere with meridional stereochemistry.

South


Definition:

  • (n.) That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.
  • (n.) A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country.
  • (n.) Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
  • (n.) The wind from the south.
  • (a.) Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole.
  • (adv.) Toward the south; southward.
  • (adv.) From the south; as, the wind blows south.
  • (v. i.) To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
  • (v. i.) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Two of the largest markets are Germany and South Korea, often held up as shining examples of export-led economies.
  • (2) Theophylline kinetics, as an in vivo probe for the potentially toxic cytochrome P-450I pathway of drug metabolism, were studied in 11 healthy volunteers and 11 patients with calcific chronic pancreatitis at Madras, South India.
  • (3) A study of factors influencing genetic counseling attendance rate has been conducted in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, in the south of France.
  • (4) It is the oldest medical journal in South America and the second in antiquity published in Spanish, after the Gaceta de México.
  • (5) Twelve patients with South American mococutaneous leishmaniasis who attended the Hospital Amazonico in Peru between February and September 1974 were treated with amphotericin B.
  • (6) 2.35pm: West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has admitted that a deal to land Miroslav Klose is unlikely to go through following the striker's star performances in South Africa.
  • (7) Gallic wine sales in the UK have been tumbling for the past 20 years, but the news that France, once the largest exporter to these shores, has slipped behind Australia, the United States, Italy and now South Africa will have producers gnawing their knuckles in frustration.
  • (8) A full-scale war is unlikely but there is clear concern in Seoul about the more realistic threat of a small-scale attack on the South Korean military or a group of islands near the countries' disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea.
  • (9) An official inquiry into the Rotherham abuse scandal blamed failings by Rotherham council and South Yorkshire police.
  • (10) The cause has been innumerable "VIP movements", as journeys undertaken by those considered important enough for all other traffic to be held up, sometimes for hours, are described in South Asian bureaucratic speak.
  • (11) In South Africa, health risks associated with exposure to toxic waste sites need to be viewed in the context of current community health concerns, competing causes of disease and ill-health, and the relative lack of knowledge about environmental contamination and associated health effects.
  • (12) Why is it so surprising to people that a boy like Chol, just out of conflict, has thought through the needs of his country in such a detailed way?” While Beah’s zeal is laudable, the situation in South Sudan is dire .
  • (13) Although the FP approaches have been different in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, the programs have successfully made services available.
  • (14) Many Cornish people believe the far south-west of England is a nation apart from the rest of Britain.
  • (15) In October, an episode of South Park saw the whole town go gluten-free (the stuff, it was discovered, made one’s penis fly off).
  • (16) Rather than an off-plan Oxshott monster-mansion, he moved his family to an elegant Eaton Terrace townhouse in south-west London.
  • (17) Initial proceedings in Carl Pistorius' trial had focused on a request by South Africa's national broadcaster, SABC, to show the trial proceedings live on national television or record them for later use.
  • (18) Recommendations have been made regarding the development of this specialisation in the South African health care setting.
  • (19) Remember, if he did seize group power and dispose of the Independent , he'd still be boss of the rest of INM: 200 or so papers and magazines around the world, dominant voices in Australasia, South Africa, India and Ireland itself, 100 million readers a week.
  • (20) Recent reports from local health centres in South Kivu claim that an estimated 40 women continue to experience sexual violence every day.