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Definition of Meridian
1. Adjective. Of or happening at noon. "Meridian hour"
2. Noun. The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. "At the top of his profession"
Generic synonyms: Degree, Level, Point, Stage
Derivative terms: Elevate, Elevate, Peak, Superlative, Top, Top
3. Adjective. Being at the best stage of development. "Our manhood's prime vigor"
4. Noun. A town in eastern Mississippi.
5. Noun. An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator. "All points on the same meridian have the same longitude"
Generic synonyms: Great Circle
Specialized synonyms: Observer's Meridian, Prime Meridian, Magnetic Meridian
Specialized synonyms: Date Line, Dateline, International Date Line
Derivative terms: Meridional
Definition of Meridian
1. a. Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.
2. n. Midday; noon.
Definition of Meridian
1. Noun. An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles. ¹
2. Noun. Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude. ¹
3. Noun. (astronomy) A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular observer. ¹
4. Noun. (mathematics) A similar line on any general surface of revolution. ¹
5. Noun. (context: alternative medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed. ¹
6. Noun. The highest point or state of consciousness and enlightenment achievable by a human. ¹
7. Adjective. Meridional; relating to a meridian. ¹
8. Adjective. Relating to noon ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Meridian
1. a circle around the earth passing through both poles [n -S]
Medical Definition of Meridian
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1. Midday; noon.
2. Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination. "I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting." (Shak)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Meridian
Literary usage of Meridian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"At the third meeting, on Oct. 6, the pending resolution of Mr. Rutherford was so
modified as to define the meridian of Greenwich as a standard meridian for ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The curvatures of the meridians and parallels in the meridian Mercator are
expressed by very simple formule. Let z, y be the coordinates, measured from the ..."
3. A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Embracing the General by William Chauvenet (1863)
"THE meridian line is the intersection of the plane of the meridian with the plane
... By the meridian passage of a star.—If the precise instant when a star ..."
4. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society by American Mathematical Society (1919)
"Employ a stereographic projection of the celestial sphere on the plane of the
observer's meridian (a projection from the pole of the meridian circle). ..."
5. Annual Report (1873)
"Of the political divisions lying west of the one hundredth meridian, where actual
field-work has not been done, are Oregon and the Territories of Washington ..."