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me⋅rid⋅i⋅an

  [muh-rid-ee-uhn]
–noun
1. Geography.
a. a great circle of the earth passing through the poles and any given point on the earth's surface.
b. the half of such a circle included between the poles.
2. Astronomy. the great circle of the celestial sphere that passes through its poles and the observer's zenith.
3. a point or period of highest development, greatest prosperity, or the like.
4. (in acupuncture) any of the pathways in the body along which vital energy flows.
–adjective
5. of or pertaining to a meridian.
6. of or pertaining to midday or noon: the meridian hour.
7. of or indicating a period of greatest prosperity, splendor, success, etc.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L merīdiānus of noon, equiv. to merīdi(ēs) midday (formed from the locative merīdiē at midday, by dissimilation < *medī diē; medius mid 1 , diēs day) + -ānus -an
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Me⋅rid⋅i⋅an

  [muh-rid-ee-uhn]
–noun
a city in E Mississippi. 46,577.
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median strip  
n.   Eastern, Midwestern, & Southern U.S.
The dividing area, either paved or landscaped, between opposing lanes of traffic on some highways. Also called median; also called regionally boulevard, mall1, medial strip, meridian, neutral ground. See Regional Note at neutral ground.
me·rid·i·an   (mə-rĭd'ē-ən)   


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n.  

    1. An imaginary great circle on the earth's surface passing through the North and South geographic poles. All points on the same meridian have the same longitude.

    2. Either half of such a great circle from pole to pole.

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

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

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

    6. Noon.

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

  3. Mathematics

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

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

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

    4. Noon.

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

  5. Archaic

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

    2. Noon.

  6. The highest point or stage of development; peak: "Men come to their meridian at various periods of their lives" (John Henry Newman).

  7. Midwestern U.S. See median strip. See Regional Note at neutral ground.

adj.  

  1. Of or relating to a meridian; meridional.

  2. Of or at midday: the meridian hour.

  3. Of, relating to, or constituting the highest point, as of development or power: the empire in its meridian period.


[Middle English, from Old French, midday, from Latin merīdiānus, of midday, from merīdiēs, midday, from merīdiē, at midday, alteration of earlier *medīdiē, from *mediei diē : *mediei, dative (locative) of medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots + diē, dative of diēs, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]
Me·rid·i·an   (mə-rĭd'ē-ən)   
A city of eastern Mississippi near the Alabama border east of Jackson. Population: 38,200.
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meridian [(muh-rid-ee-uhn)]

A great imaginary circle on the surface of the Earth that runs north and south through the North Pole and South Pole. Longitude is measured on meridians: places on a meridian have the same longitude. (See prime meridian.)

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meridian 
c.1380, "noon," from O.Fr. meridien, from L. meridianus "of noon, southern," from meridies "noon, south," from meridie "at noon," altered by dissimilation from pre-L. *mediei die, loc. of medius "mid-" + dies "day" (see diurnal). Cartographic sense first recorded 1391.
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Main Entry: me·rid·i·an
Pronunciation: m&-'rid-E-&n
Function: noun
1 : an imaginary circle or closed curve on thesurface of a sphere or globe-shaped body (as the eyeball) that lies in a plane passing through the poles
2 : any of the pathways along which the body's vital energy flows accordingto the theory of acupuncture —meridian adjective
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meridian me·rid·i·an (mə-rĭd'ē-ən)
n.

  1. An imaginary line encircling a globular body at right angles to its equator and passing through its poles.

  2. Either half of such a great circle from pole to pole.

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

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meridian   (mə-rĭd'ē-ən)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. An imaginary line forming a great circle that passes through the Earth's North and South geographic poles.

  2. Either half of such a circle from pole to pole. All the places on the same meridian have the same longitude. See illustration at longitude.

  3. See celestial meridian.


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Meridian

city, seat of Lauderdale county, eastern Mississippi, U.S., lying 93 miles (150 km) east of Jackson. In 1854 the site was chosen as the junction of the Vicksburg and Montgomery and the Mobile and Ohio railway lines about 20 miles (30 km) from the Alabama border. The name was chosen by a settler who thought "meridian" meant "junction," or, possibly, "zenith." During the American Civil War it was a Confederate military camp and served as the state capital for one month in 1863. General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union troops destroyed the city the following February. Merrehope is a surviving stately 20-room antebellum mansion; the city's Grand Opera House dates from 1890. Major manufactures include audio equipment, paper products, automotive parts, and steel products. Meridian Community College was opened in 1937; the city also has a branch campus of Mississippi State University. A naval air station is 15 miles (25 km) northeast. Okatibbee Dam and Lake are 10 miles (15 km) northwest; Clarkco State Park is 20 miles (30 km) south

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