Meridian

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.

Compare meridian with other words:

dipleidoscope vs. meridian

lunitidal vs. meridian

meridian vs. midheaven

meridian vs. meridionally

colure vs. meridian

circummeridian vs. meridian

meridian vs. parallel

meridian vs. meridional

easting vs. meridian

companion vs. meridian

latitude vs. meridian

meridian vs. transit

meridian vs. noon

distribute vs. meridian

meridian vs. vital

body vs. meridian

meridian vs. pathway

meridian vs. revolution

general vs. meridian

meridian vs. similar

meridian vs. observer

meridian vs. zenith

meridian vs. sphere

celestial vs. meridian

meridian vs. pole

geographic vs. meridian

meridian vs. surface

earth vs. meridian

longitude vs. meridian

drift vs. meridian

culmination vs. meridian

meridian vs. rhumb

azimuth vs. meridian

departure vs. meridian

equidistant vs. meridian

meridian vs. south