Meridian
[mə'rɪdɪən]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a town in eastern Mississippi.
(adj.) of or happening at noon; 'meridian hour' .
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Definition
(a.) Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.
(a.) Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor.
(a.) Midday; noon.
(a.) Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination.
(a.) 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.
(a.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Noon, noontide, mid-day, twelve o'clock.[2]. Summit, culmination.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Zenith, summit, culmination, height, apex, acme, pinnacle
ANT:Nadir, depth, depression, profundity, base
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Definition
adj. pertaining to midday: being on the meridian or at midday: raised to the highest point.—n. midday: a midday dram: the highest point as of success: an imaginary circle on the earth's surface passing through the poles and any given place: (astron.) an imaginary circle passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of the spectator which the sun crosses at midday.—adj. Merid′ional pertaining to the meridian: southern: having a southern aspect.—n. Meridional′ity.—adv. Merid′ionally.—Meridian splendour fullest point of brightness; Meridian sun the sun at its full height as at midday.—First meridian the meridian passing through Greenwich from which longitudes are measured east or west; Magnetic meridian (see Magnetic).
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Examples
- In the very meridian of the night's enjoyment, about an hour after tea, a rap was heard at the door. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mr. Rochester, I have just discovered the sun is far declined from its meridian, and Pilot is actually gone home to his dinner. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He determined, therefore, to move directly upon Meridian. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If the altitude and the transit through the meridian were to be taken at the same time the four directi ons were to be followed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She convoyed Donne past his dread enemy Tartar, who, with his nose on his fore paws, lay snoring under the meridian sun. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He entered Meridian on the 14th of the month, the enemy having retreated toward Demopolis, Alabama. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And when we come to speak of beauty, this sea is no more to be compared to Tahoe than a meridian of longitude is to a rainbow. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- With its concavity toward the southern sky it was closely comparable, though reverse, to the celestial meridian throughout its length from horizon to zenith. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In iron ships the amount of deviation depends upon the direction, with regard to the magnetic meridian, in which the ship lay when being built. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When people speak of deviation of the compass they mean the difference of a ship’s compass from the magnetic meridian, caused by the near presence of iron. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- USED TO OBTAIN CORRECT LOCAL TIME, BY OBSERVING THE PASSAGE OF STARS ACROSS THE MERIDIAN] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The lines thus marked, if produced, will form meridians, all coming together at the poles. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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