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Postmeridian :: Postmeridian (a.) Fig., belonging to the after portion of life; late..

Antemeridian :: Antemeridian (a.) Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m..

Rhumb :: Rhumb (n.) A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle; -- called also rhumb line, and loxodromic curve. See Loxodromic..

Transit :: Transit (n.) The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope..

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..

Circummeridian :: Circummeridian (a.) About, or near, the meridian..

Magnetical :: Magnetical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian..

Meridionally :: Meridionally (adv.) In the direction of the meridian.

Northing :: Northing (n.) Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing..

Meridian :: Meridian (a.) Midday; noon.

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..

Noon :: Noon (n.) The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian..

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..

Midheaven :: Midheaven (n.) The meridian, or middle line of the heavens; the point of the ecliptic on the meridian..

Westing :: Westing (n.) The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a ship's path; the departure of a course which lies to the west of north..

Culmination :: Culmination (n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..

Forenoon :: Forenoon (n.) The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon..

Southing :: Southing (n.) Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing..

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