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meridian
English
Etymology
Middle English meridian, from Anglo-Norman meridien, Middle French meridien (“midday; the south; celestial meridian”), and their source, Latin mer?di?num, noun use of neuter form of mer?di?nus (“meridian”), ultimately from medius (“middle”) + di?s (“day”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m????d??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /m????di?n/
Noun
meridian (plural meridians)
- (obsolete) The south. [14th–17th c.]
- 1601, Philemon Holland, translating Pliny, The Historie of the World:
- With vs the stars about the North Pole neuer go downe, and those contrariwise about the Meridian neuer rise.
- 1601, Philemon Holland, translating Pliny, The Historie of the World:
- (obsolete) Midday, noon. [14th–19th c.]
- (astronomy) A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the earth's surface. [from 14th c.]
- (astronomy, geography) An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles, or that half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude. [from 14th c.]
- (figuratively) The highest or most developed point of something; culmination, splendour. [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete) A particular area or situation considered as having a specific identity or characteristic; the tastes or habits of a specific locale, group etc. [16th–19th c.]
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 75:
- Nor was his friend Godfrey a stranger to favours of the same kind; his accomplishments were exactly calculated for the meridian of female taste […] .
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 75:
- The middle period of someone's life, when they are at full strength or abilities; one's prime. [from 17th c.]
- (mathematics) A line passing through the poles of any sphere; a notional line on the surface of a round or curved body. [from 18th c.]
- (obsolete, Scotland) A dram drunk at midday. [18th–19th c.]
- (acupuncture, 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. [from 20th c.]
- (printing, US, dated) The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
Synonyms
- (midday): noon, noontide; see also Thesaurus:midday
Translations
Adjective
meridian (not comparable)
- Meridional; relating to a meridian.
- Relating to noon
- Relating to the highest point or culmination.
Further reading
- meridian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- meridian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- meridian in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- meridian at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Meridian in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.
Romanian
Etymology
From French méridien
Noun
meridian n (plural meridiane)
- meridian
Declension
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midheaven
English
Etymology
mid- +? heaven
Noun
midheaven (plural midheavens)
- (astrology) The intersection of the ecliptic and meridian
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