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ALL meanings of meridian

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  • noun meridian a city in E Mississippi. 1
  • adjective meridian of or relating to a meridian. 1
  • adjective meridian of or relating to midday or noon: the meridian hour. 1
  • adjective meridian of or indicating a period of greatest prosperity, splendor, success, etc. 1
  • noun meridian A circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles. 1
  • noun meridian of or at midday 1
  • noun meridian pole-to-pole circle 1
  • adjective meridian of or at highest point 1
  • noun meridian highest point 1
  • noun meridian An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles. 0
  • noun meridian Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude. 0
  • noun meridian (astronomy) A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular observer. 0
  • noun meridian (mathematics) A similar line on any general surface of revolution. 0
  • noun meridian (alternative medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed. 0
  • noun meridian The highest point, as of success, prosperity, etc.; culmination. 0
  • noun meridian (printing, US, dated) The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point. 0
  • adjective meridian Meridional; relating to a meridian. 0
  • adjective meridian Relating to noon. 0
  • adjective meridian Relating to the highest point or culmination. 0
  • countable noun meridian A meridian is an imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole. Meridians are drawn on maps to help you describe the position of a place. 0
  • noun meridian one of the imaginary lines joining the north and south poles at right angles to the equator, designated by degrees of longitude from 0° at Greenwich to 180° 0
  • noun meridian the great circle running through both poles 0
  • noun meridian the great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the north and south celestial poles and the zenith and nadir of the observer 0
  • noun meridian (as modifier) 0
  • noun meridian a section of a surface of revolution, such as a paraboloid, that contains the axis of revolution 0
  • noun meridian the peak; zenith 0
  • noun meridian (in acupuncture, etc) any of the channels through which vital energy is believed to circulate round the body 0
  • noun meridian noon 0
  • adjective meridian along or relating to a meridian 0
  • adjective meridian of or happening at noon 0
  • adjective meridian relating to the peak of something 0
  • adjective meridian of or at noon 0
  • adjective meridian of or passing through the highest point in the daily course of any celestial body 0
  • adjective meridian of or at the highest point of prosperity, splendor, power, etc. 0
  • adjective meridian of or along a meridian 0
  • adjective meridian southern 0
  • noun meridian the highest apparent point reached by a celestial body in its course 0
  • noun meridian the highest point of power, prosperity, splendor, etc.; zenith; apex 0
  • noun meridian the middle period of one's life, regarded as the highest point of health, vigor, etc.; prime 0
  • noun meridian a great circle passing through the celestial poles, the observer's zenith and nadir, and the horizon's north and south points 0
  • noun meridian a great circle of the earth passing through the geographical poles and any given point on the earth's surface 0
  • noun meridian either half of such a circle between the poles 0
  • noun meridian any of the lines of longitude running north and south on a globe or map, representing such a half circle 0
  • noun meridian distinctive character as of a particular place 0
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