meridian
51meridian — me·rid·i·an || mÉ™ rɪdɪən n. circle circumscribing the earth that passes through the poles; longitudinal half of the earth (from one pole to the other); meridian line through any celestial being; noon, midday; climax, climactic period adj.… …
52meridian — A semi–great circle joining the geographical poles. All meridians indicate a north south direction. Every great circle joining the poles forms a meridian and its antimeridian. meridian …
53Meridian — der Meridian, e (Mittelstufe) senkrecht auf dem Äquator stehender und vom Nord zum Südpol verlaufender Halbkreis Beispiel: Görlitz liegt auf dem 15. Meridian …
54meridian — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French meridien, from meridien of noon, from Latin meridianus, from meridies noon, south, irregular from medius mid + dies day more at mid, deity Date: 14th century 1. archaic the hour of noon ; midday 2 …
55meridian — 1. noun a) An imaginary great circle on the Earths surface, passing through the geographic poles. b) Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude. 2. adjective …
56meridian — 1. [TA] A line encircling a globular body at right angles to its equator and touching both poles, or the half of such a circle extending from pole to pole. SYN: meridianus [TA]. 2. In acupuncture, the lines connecting different anatomical sites.… …
57meridian — See meridian, meridiem …
58meridian — me|rid|i|an [məˈrıdiən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin meridianus of the middle of the day , from medius middle + dies day ] 1.) one of the imaginary lines from the North Pole to the South Pole, drawn on a map of the Earth 2.)… …
59meridian — me|rid|i|an [ mə rıdiən ] noun count 1. ) one of the imaginary lines that goes around the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. These are used for measuring position, time, etc. a ) this line represented as a line on a map: the Greenwich… …
60meridian — [14] Etymologically, meridian denotes the ‘middle of the day’. It comes via Old French from Latin merīdiānus, a derivative of merīdiēs ‘mid day’. This was an alteration of an earlier medidiēs, a compound noun formed from medius ‘middle’ (source… …
