meridians

The maritime part of the region constitutes the area of application of the international Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ( CCAMLR ), where for technical reasons the Convention uses an approximation of the Convergence line by means of a line joining specified points along parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude.

But most historians now make a distinction between medical lancing ( or bloodletting ) and acupuncture in the narrower sense of using metal needles to treat illnesses by stimulating specific points along circulation channels (" meridians ") in accordance with theories related to the circulation of Qi.

The lines from pole to pole are lines of constant longitude, or meridians.

defines a projection from the ellipsoid to the sphere such that all meridians have true length and uniform scale.

The sphere may then be projected to the plane with an equirectangular projection to give a double projection from the ellipsoid to the plane such that all meridians have true length and uniform meridian scale.

The name " isometric " arises from the fact that at any point on the ellipsoid equal increments of ψ and longitude λ give rise to equal distance displacements along the meridians and parallels respectively.

The word near was used because the point might not be at the center of the time zone ; also the time zones are defined politically, so their centers and boundaries often do not lie on meridians at multiples of 15 °.

Saskatchewan has the distinction of being the only Canadian province for which no borders correspond to physical geographic features ( i. e. they are parallels and meridians ).

Great circles through the two poles are called lines ( or meridians ) of longitude, and the line connecting the two poles is called the axis of rotation.

" It's a mutual, joint-stock world, in all meridians.

This image shows three coordinate directions projected to 3-space: parallels ( red ), Meridian ( perimetry, visual field ) | meridians ( blue ) and hypermeridians ( green ).

Stereographic projection of the hypersphere's parallels ( red ), Meridian ( perimetry, visual field ) | meridians ( blue ) and hypermeridians ( green ).

The anatomical or histological basis of acupuncture points or meridians, if they actually exist, is unknown.

Also, martial artists regularly massage their own acupressure points in routines to remove blockages from their own meridians, claiming to thereby enhance their circulation and flexibility and keeping the points " soft " or less vulnerable to an attack.

According to the principles of TCM, qi flows through the body via 14 primary meridians or channels.

To strengthen the flow of qi, or remove blockages in the meridians, an acupuncturist inserts a number of tiny, sterile, flexible needles just under the skin at certain specific points ( called acupoints ) along the channels.

There are four to five hundred named acupoints along the meridians, some of which are associated with specific internal organs or organ systems.

A variant system known as two point acupressure attempts to bypass a blockage of vital flow by using one acupoint to create a link with one of the collateral meridians, and then using one additional acupoint to stimulate or reduce the flow around the obstruction.

There is no physically verifiable anatomical or histological basis for the existence of acupuncture points or meridians.

British astronomers have long used the Royal Observatory as a basis for measurement: four separate meridians have been drawn through the building.

Tsai developed in 1995 a 3-hypothesis theory that is claimed to provide a mechanism for mind-body interaction and explain many dream-related phenomena, including hypnosis, meridians in Chinese medicine, the increase in heart rate and breathing rate during REM sleep, that babies have longer REM sleep, lucid dreams, etc.

Repair nerves are grouped into many chains called meridians in Chinese medicine.

While dreaming, the body also employs the meridians to repair the body and help it grow and develop by simulating very intensive movement-compression signals to expand the blood vessels when the level of growth enzymes increase.

On a spherical Earth, the meridians ( or lines of longitude ) are great circles, as is the equator.

The lines from pole to pole are lines of constant longitude, or meridians.