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Definition of meridian
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Meridian
(a.)
Midday;
noon.
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Meridian
::
Meridian
(a.) A great
circle
of the
sphere
passing
through
the poles of the
heavens
and the
zenith
of a given
place.
It is
crossed
by the sun at
midday.
Latitude
::
Latitude
(n.)
Distance
north or south of the
equator,
measured
on a
meridian..
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.
Metre
::
Metre (n.) A
measure
of
length,
equal to 39.37
English
inches,
the
standard
of
linear
measure
in the
metric
system
of
weights
and
measures.
It was
intended
to be, and is very
nearly,
the ten
millionth
part of the
distance
from the
equator
to the north pole, as
ascertained
by
actual
measurement
of an arc of a
meridian.
See
Metric
system,
under
Metric..
Meridionally
::
Meridionally
(adv.)
In the
direction
of 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..
Circummeridian
::
Circummeridian
(a.)
About,
or near, the
meridian..
Midheaven
::
Midheaven
(n.) The
meridian,
or
middle
line of the
heavens;
the point of the
ecliptic
on the
meridian..
Southing
::
Southing
(n.) The time at which the moon, or other
heavenly
body,
passes
the
meridian
of a
place..
Range
::
Range (v.) In the
public
land
system
of the
United
States,
a row or line of
townships
lying
between
two
successive
meridian
lines six miles
apart..
Magnetical
::
Magnetical
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to, or
characterized
by, the
earth's
magnetism;
as, the
magnetic
north;
the
magnetic
meridian..
Inferior
::
Inferior
(a.) Below the
horizon;
as, the
inferior
part of a
meridian..
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..
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..
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..
Noon
::
Noon (n.) The
middle
of the day;
midday;
the time when the sun is in the
meridian;
twelve
o'clock
in the
daytime.
Southing
::
Southing
(n.)
Distance
southward
from any point
departure
or of
reckoning,
measured
on a
meridian;
--
opposed
to
northing..
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..
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..
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