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meridian

1

[ muh-rid-ee-uhn ]

noun

  1. Geography.
    1. a great circle of the earth passing through the poles and any given point on the earth's surface.
    2. 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

  1. of or relating to a meridian.
  2. of or relating to midday or noon:

    the meridian hour.

  3. of or indicating a period of greatest prosperity, splendor, success, etc.

Meridian

2

[ muh-rid-ee-uhn ]

noun

  1. a city in E Mississippi.

meridian

/ məˈrɪdɪən /

noun

    1. 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°
    2. the great circle running through both poles See prime meridian
  1. astronomy
    1. the great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the north and south celestial poles and the zenith and nadir of the observer
    2. ( as modifier )

      a meridian instrument

  2. Also calledmeridian section maths a section of a surface of revolution, such as a paraboloid, that contains the axis of revolution
  3. the peak; zenith

    the meridian of his achievements

  4. (in acupuncture, etc) any of the channels through which vital energy is believed to circulate round the body
  5. obsolete.
    noon


adjective

  1. along or relating to a meridian
  2. of or happening at noon
  3. relating to the peak of something

meridian

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of meridian1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin merīdiānus of noon, equivalent 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of meridian1

C14: from Latin merīdiānus of midday, from merīdiēs midday, from medius mid 1+ diēs day

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Example Sentences

The practice is based on how energy, or qi, flows through the body along a series of channels called meridians—similar to the way nerves and vessels carry messages and blood throughout every system.

From Time

Located about 30 miles west of Boise, the trail works its way through Meridian, Nampa, and Caldwell.

From Eater

A 2020 City Council vote allowed shelter villages at 13 community-serving properties, including Meridian.

For the uninitiated, ASMR—autonomous sensory meridian response—is the soothing, tingling sensation many people get from listening to certain sounds, like whispering and tapping and the crinkling of paper.

In Meridian, Idaho, for instance, hundreds of teachers called in sick in October to protest unsafe working conditions, shutting down the state’s largest public school district for two days.

From Time

About Blood Meridian, Bloom has said, “The violence is the book.”

To its proponents Andhra was the meridian, after 600 years of division and dispersal, of Telugu civilization.

Meridian police were not amused and vowed to collect affidavits with an eye toward arresting the perpetrators.

Sure enough, it was founded at a meeting in Meridian, Mississippi in 1888.

Or Blood Meridian, a towering achievement of American history wedded to aestheticization?

But from south-westerly winds, were no further advanced by the 8th than the meridian of Cape Chatham.

At this place he obtained an indifferent meridian altitude which placed it in 16 degrees 40 minutes 18 seconds South.

Except in rare cases, all observations are made within three hours of the meridian.

According to all precedents the battle should have ended in an Indian rout by the time the sun crossed the meridian.

They had driven across to Meridian Street, and Mrs. Owen sent the horses into town at a comfortable trot.

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