MERIDIAN
\mɛɹˈɪdi͡ən], \mɛɹˈɪdiən], \m_ɛ_ɹ_ˈɪ_d_iə_n]\
Definitions of MERIDIAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.
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Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor.
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Midday; noon.
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Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.
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Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor.
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Midday; noon.
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Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Highest point reached by a heavenly body; highest point, as of success, prosperty, and the like; an imaginary circle around the earth in a north and south direction, passing through the poles.
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Meridional.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Pertaining to mid-day: being on the meridian or at mid-day: raised to the highest point.
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Mid-day: the highest point, as of success: an imaginary circle on the earth's surface passing through the poles and any given place: (astr.) an imaginary circle, passing through the poles of the heavens, and the zenith of the spectator, which the sun crosses at mid-day.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A great circle drawn from pole to pole on the surface of a spherical body and passing through a given point, of which it is said to be the m.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [French] Midday; noon;— hence, the highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination;— a great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of the spectator;— an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth, passing through the poles and any given place.
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