 meridian |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] of or happening at noon | |
| Examples: | "meridian hour" |
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| Related terms: | noon | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (government,geography) a town in eastern Mississippi | |
| Related terms: | town Mississippi | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (geography) an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator | |
| Synonyms: | longitude line_of_longitude | |
| Examples: | "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude" |
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| Related terms: | great_circle magnetic_meridian prime_meridian dateline observer's_meridian | |
| Similar spelling: |
meridional meriting |
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