Usually means: Instrument measuring star positions accurately.
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  1. meridian circle: Merriam-Webster
  2. meridian circle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. meridian circle: Collins English Dictionary
  4. meridian circle: Wordnik
  5. meridian circle: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Meridian circle, meridian circle: Dictionary.com
  7. Meridian circle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. meridian circle: FreeDictionary.org
  9. meridian circle: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Meridian circle)

noun:  The meridian circle is an instrument for timing of the passage of stars across the local meridian, an event known as a culmination, while at the same time measuring their angular distance from the nadir.


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