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Word: meridian (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Meridional; relating to a meridian.
  • Relating to noon

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Noun:

  • An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles.
  • Any of the longitudinal pathways on the body along which the acupuncture points are distributed.
  • astronomy A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular observer.
  • Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude.
  • mathematics A similar line on any general surface of revolution.
  • The highest point or state of consciousness and enlightenment achievable by a human.

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