meridian
See also: Meridian
English
Etymology
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From Middle English, borrowed from Old French, from Latin meridianus (“of or belonging to midday or to the south, southern”), from meridies (“midday, the south”), originally *medidies, from medius (“middle”) + diēs (“day”).
Pronunciation
Noun
meridian (plural meridians)
- (geography) An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles.
- Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude.
- (astronomy) A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular observer.
- (mathematics) A similar line on any general surface of revolution.
- (alternative medicine, traditional Chinese medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed.
- The highest point, as of success, prosperity, etc.; culmination.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, / And from that full meridian of my glory / I haste now to my setting.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Youth and Age. XLII.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, pages 247–248:
- Natures that haue much Heat, and great and violent deſires and Perturbations, are not ripe for Action, till they haue paſſed the Meridian of their yeares: As it was with Iulius Cæſar, and Septimius Seuerus.
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- (printing, US, dated) The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
- Midday.
- (dated) A dram drunk at midday.
Translations
imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface
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either half of that circle
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great circle passing through the poles of a celestial sphere
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math: similar line on any surface of revolution
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acupunction: pathway along which acupoints are distributed
highest point, as of success, prosperity, etc.
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44-point type
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Adjective
meridian (not comparable)
- Meridional; relating to a meridian.
- Relating to noon
- Relating to the highest point or culmination.
- meridian splendour
Further reading
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- “meridian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “meridian”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “meridian”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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