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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Me·rid·i·an \\mə-ˈri-dē-ən\\ geographical name 1. city SW Idaho W of Boise population 34,919 2. city E central Mississippi population 39,968 me·rid·i·an \\mə-ˈri-dē-ən\\ 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. a great circle of the celestial sphere passing through its poles and the zenith of a given place — see azimuth illustration3. a high point 4. a. (1) a great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the poles (2) the half of such a circle included between the poles b. a representation of such a circle or half circle numbered for longitude on a map or globe — see longitude illustration5. any of the pathways along which the body's vital energy flows according to the theory behind acupuncture • meridian adjective English Etymology meridian c.1380, "noon," from O.Fr . meridien, from L. meridianus "of noon, southern," from meridies "noon, south," from meridie "at noon," altered by dissimilation from pre-L. *mediei die, loc. of medius "mid-" (see medial) + dies "day" (see diurnal). Cartographic sense first recorded 1391. The city in Mississippi, U.S., was settled 1854 (as Sowashee Station) at a railway junction and given its current name in 1860, supposedly by people who thought meridian meant "junction" (they perhaps confused the word with median).http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 meridian me·rid·ian / mE5ridiEn / noun one of the lines that is drawn from the North Pole to the South Pole on a map of the world 子午线；经线 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: arc of meridian , or magnetic meridian , or meridian altitude , or meridian angle , or meridian circle , or meridian day , or meridian instrument , or meridian line , or meridian mark , or meridian passage , or meridian sailing , or national meridian , or prime meridian , or principal meridian , or standard meridian , or terrestrial meridian , or meridian curve , or celestial meridian , or first meridian , or geomagnetic meridian , or greenwich meridian , or guide meridian me·rid·i·an I. \mə̇ˈridēən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English meridien, meridian, from Middle French meridien, from meridien, adjective 1. a. obsolete : the hour of noon : midday b. Scotland : a midday dram 2. : a great circle of the celestial sphere passing through its poles and the zenith of a given place 3. a. archaic : the highest apparent point reached in the heavens by the sun or a star b. : a high point (as of development or prosperity) < the problem of the unmarried don after he had passed the meridian — H.J.Laski > 4. a. (1) : a great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the poles and any given place (2) : the half of such a circle included between the poles with a plane coinciding with that of the astronomical meridian of the place— see prime meridian b. : a representation of such a circle or half circle on a map or globe : any of a series of lines drawn at intervals due north and south or in the direction of the poles and numbered according to the degrees of longitude < the 90th meridian east of Greenwich > c. : a graduated circle (as of brass) in which a globe is suspended and revolves 5. archaic : special tastes, capacities, or conditions < suited the meridian of the … servants' hall — Washington Irving > 6. or meridian curve : the curve formed by the intersection of a surface of revolution and a plane passing through the axis of revolution 7. : a line or circle (as on the globular shell of some sea urchins) resembling a meridian of longitude II. adjective Etymology: Middle English meridien, from Middle French, from Latin meridianus, from meridies noon, south (from meri- — alteration of medius mid — + dies day) + -anus -an — more at mid , deity 1. : being at or relating to midday : belonging to or passing through the highest point attained by a heavenly body in its diurnal course 2. : of or relating to a meridian 3. a. : of or relating to a high point, crest, or culmination < the Roman people had arrived at their meridian glory — C.G.Bowers > b. obsolete : supremely excellent : consummate , extreme |
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