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Definition of meridian
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of meridian is as below...
Meridian
(a.) Being at, or
pertaining
to,
midday;
belonging
to, or
passing
through,
the
highest
point
attained
by the sun in his
diurnal
course..
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Longitude
::
Longitude
(n.) The arc or
portion
of the
equator
intersected
between
the
meridian
of a given place and the
meridian
of some other place from which
longitude
is
reckoned,
as from
Greenwich,
England,
or
sometimes
from the
capital
of a
country,
as from
Washington
or
Paris.
The
longitude
of a place is
expressed
either
in
degrees
or in time; as, that of New York is 74ยก or 4 h. 56 min. west of
Greenwich..
North
::
North (n.) That one of the four
cardinal
points
of the
compass,
at any
place,
which lies in the
direction
of the true
meridian,
and to the left hand of a
person
facing
the east; the
direction
opposite
to the
south..
Southing
::
Southing
(n.)
Distance
southward
from any point
departure
or of
reckoning,
measured
on a
meridian;
--
opposed
to
northing..
Forenoon
::
Forenoon
(n.) The early part of the day, from
morning
to
meridian,
or
noon..
Appulse
::
Appulse
(n.) The near
approach
of one
heavenly
body to
another,
or to the
meridian;
a
coming
into
conjunction;
as, the
appulse
of the moon to a star, or of a star to the
meridian..
Drift
::
Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a
ship's
motion
makes with the
meridian,
in
drifting..
Meridionality
::
Meridionality
(n.) The state of being in the
meridian.
Analemma
::
Analemma
(n.) An
orthographic
projection
of the
sphere
on the plane of the
meridian,
the eye being
supposed
at an
infinite
distance,
and in the east or west point of the
horizon..
Perioecians
::
Perioecians
(n. pl.) Those who live on the same
parallel
of
latitude
but on
opposite
meridians,
so that it is noon in one place when it is
midnight
in the
other.
Compare
Antoeci..
Latitude
::
Latitude
(n.)
Distance
north or south of the
equator,
measured
on a
meridian..
Transit
::
Transit
(n.) The
passage
of a
heavenly
body over the
meridian
of a
place,
or
through
the field of a
telescope..
Low
::
Low
(adv.)
In a path near the
equator,
so that the
declination
is
small,
or near the
horizon,
so that the
altitude
is
small;
-- said of the
heavenly
bodies
with
reference
to the
diurnal
revolution;
as, the moon runs low, that is, is
comparatively
near the
horizon
when on or near the
meridian..
Antemeridian
::
Antemeridian
(a.) Being
before
noon; in or
pertaining
to the
forenoon.
(Abbrev.
a. m..
Postmeridian
::
Postmeridian
(a.) Fig.,
belonging
to the after
portion
of life;
late..
Rhumb
::
Rhumb (n.) A line which
crosses
successive
meridians
at a
constant
angle;
--
called
also rhumb line, and
loxodromic
curve.
See
Loxodromic..
Easting
::
Easting
(n.) The
distance
measured
toward
the east
between
two
meridians
drawn
through
the
extremities
of a
course;
distance
of
departure
eastward
made by a
vessel.
Culmination
::
Culmination
(n.) The
attainment
of the
highest
point of
altitude
reached
by a
heavently
body;
passage
across
the
meridian;
transit.
Magnetic
::
Magnetic
(n.) Any
metal,
as iron,
nickel,
cobalt,
etc., which may
receive,
by any
means,
the
properties
of the
loadstone,
and which then, when
suspended,
fixes
itself
in the
direction
of a
magnetic
meridian..
Meridian
::
Meridian
(a.) A great
circle
on the
surface
of the
earth,
passing
through
the poles and any given
place;
also, the half of such a
circle
included
between
the
poles..
Declination
::
Declination
(n.) The arc of the
horizon,
contained
between
the
vertical
plane and the prime
vertical
circle,
if
reckoned
from the east or west, or
between
the
meridian
and the
plane,
reckoned
from the north or
south..
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