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▸ adjective: (archaic except literary) Relating to midday or noon.
▸ adjective: (obsolete)
▸ adjective: Relating to the culmination or highest point.
▸ adjective: Relating to the south; meridional, southern.
▸ noun: (astronomy)
▸ noun: In full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface.
▸ noun: (also geography) In full terrestrial meridian: a great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles (the terrestrial North Pole and South Pole); also, half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude.
▸ noun: (by extension)
▸ noun: The place on the celestial meridian where it is crossed by the sun or a star at its highest point.
▸ noun: (figuratively) The highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something; culmination, peak, zenith.
▸ noun: (figuratively, specifically) Chiefly followed by of: the middle period of someone's life, when they are at their full abilities or strength; one's prime.
▸ noun: A ring or half-ring with markings in which an artificial globe is installed and may spin.
▸ noun: (mathematics) A line passing through the poles of any sphere; a notional line on the surface of a curved or round body (in particular, an eyeball).
▸ noun: (US, printing, dated) The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
▸ noun: (obsolete)
▸ noun: The south.
▸ noun: Midday, noon.
▸ noun: A midday rest; a siesta.
▸ noun: A particular area or situation considered as having a specific characteristic or identity; also, the characteristics, habits, or tastes of a specific group, locale, etc.
▸ noun: (Scotland) An alcoholic drink taken at midday.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause an object to reach the meridian or highest point of (something).
▸ verb: (intransitive) Of a celestial body: to reach its meridian.
▸ noun: (acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which chi or qi (life force) is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed; especially, one of twelve such pathways associated with organs of the body.
▸ noun: A ghost town in Humboldt County, California.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
▸ noun: A neighborhood of San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.
▸ noun: A census-designated place in Sutter County, California, United States.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Douglas County, Colorado.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Leon County, Florida.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in McIntosh County, Georgia.
▸ noun: A sizable city in Ada County, Idaho.
▸ noun: A city, the county seat of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States.
▸ noun: A ghost town in Jefferson County, Nebraska.
▸ noun: A village in Cayuga County, New York.
▸ noun: A town in Logan County, Oklahoma.
▸ noun: A census-designated place in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
▸ noun: A census-designated place in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
▸ noun: A city, the county seat of Bosque County, Texas, United States, apparently named for the 98th meridian west, actually between 97-98 W.
▸ noun: A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, also known as Tangletown.
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longitude,
line of longitude,
meridional,
meronymic,
meandric,
mesological,
centromeral,
merosomal,
Mercurian,
latitudinal,
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