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noun. An imaginary great circle on the earth's surface passing through the North and South geographic poles.

noun. Either half of such a great circle from pole to pole. All points on the same meridian have the same longitude.

noun. A great circle passing through the two poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith of a given observer.

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noun. A curve on a surface of revolution, formed by the intersection of the surface with a plane containing the axis of revolution.

noun. A plane section of a surface of revolution containing the axis of revolution.

noun. Any of the longitudinal lines or pathways on the body along which the acupuncture points are distributed.

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noun. The highest point in the sky reached by the sun or another celestial body; a zenith.

noun. The time at which the sun reaches its highest point in the sky; noon.

noun. The highest point or stage of development; peak.

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adjective. Of or relating to a meridian; meridional.

adjective. Of or at midday.

adjective. Of, relating to, or constituting the highest point, as of development or power.

noun. In ctenophorans, a Costa or meridional row of swimming-plates.

noun. The meridian from which the meridians bounding townships are measured.

Of or pertaining to midday or noon; noonday: as, the meridian sun; the sun's meridian heat or splendor.

Pertaining to the culmination or highest point or degree (the sun being highest at midday); culminating; highest before a decline: as, Athens reached its meridian glory in the age of Pericles.

Pertaining to or marking a geographical north and south line; extending in the are of a great circle passing through the poles: as, a meridian circle on an artificial globe.

Noting the eighth of Professor H. Rogers's twelve divisions of the Paleozoic series in the Appalachian chain of North America, the names of which suggest metaphorically the different natural periods of the day: it corresponds with the Oriskany sandstone (which see, under sandstone).

Consummate; complete.

noun. Midday; noon.

noun. Midday repose or indulgence; nooning: used specifically as in the quotations.

noun. The highest point reached before a decline; the culmination; the point of greatest increment or development.

noun. A great circle of a sphere passing through the poles, or the half of such a circle included between the poles; in geography, such a circle drawn upon the earth; in astronomy, such a circle on the celestial sphere.

noun. Figuratively, the state or condition (in any respect) of the people of one place or region, or of persons in one sphere or plane of existence, as compared with those of or in another: as, the institutions or customs of Asia are not suited to the meridian of Europe.

adjective. Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.

adjective. Pertaining to the highest point or culmination.

noun. Midday; noon.

noun. Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination.

noun. A great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It is crossed by the sun at midday.

noun. A great circle on the surface of the earth, passing through the poles and any given place; also, the half of such a circle included between the poles.

noun. suited to the local circumstances, capabilities, or special requirements of.

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noun. the meridian from which longitudes are reckoned. The meridian of Greenwich is the one commonly employed in calculations of longitude by geographers, and in actual practice, although in various countries other and different meridians, chiefly those which pass through the capitals of the countries, are occasionally used; as, in France, the meridian of Paris; in the United States, the meridian of Washington, etc.

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noun. a line, marked by monuments, running North and South through a section of country between other more carefully established meridians called principal meridians, used for reference in surveying.

noun. a great circle, passing through the zenith and coinciding in direction with the magnetic needle, or a line on the earth's surface having the same direction.

noun. an instrument consisting of a telescope attached to a large graduated circle and so mounted that the telescope revolves like the transit instrument in a meridian plane. By it the right ascension and the declination of a star may be measured in a single observation.

noun. any astronomical instrument having a telescope that rotates in a meridian plane.

noun. a graduated circular ring of brass, in which the artificial globe is suspended and revolves.

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noun. An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles.

noun. Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude.

noun. A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular observer.

noun. A similar line on any general surface of revolution.

noun. Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed.

"The first jog west of a meridian is about 225 feet, and the correction increases by about that much again for every township you move west, until you reach the next meridian."

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