Mérida
Mérida

meridian


Definition: Meaning of, meridian in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / məˈrɪdɪən /

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meridian meridians
  1. [countable] one of the imaginary lines from the North Pole to the South Pole, drawn on a map of the Earth
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  2. the meridian technical the highest point reached by the sun or another star, when seen from a point on the Earth's surface
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Meridian


Definition: Meaning of, Meridian in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / məˈridēən /

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Meridian meridians
  1. a town in eastern Mississippi
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Meridian used in phrases

  • Greenwich Meridian (noun)
    1. the meridian passing through Greenwich; was internationally adopted as the earth's zero of longitude in 1884
  • Prime Meridian
    1. the imaginary line drawn from north to south on the earth, from which east and west are measured in degrees on a map
  • magnetic meridian (noun)
    1. an imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth
  • observer's meridian (noun)
    1. a meridian that passes through the observer's zenith
  • prime meridian (noun)
    1. usually the Greenwich longitude in England meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned
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