Synonyms for meridian
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : muh-rid-ee-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : məˈrɪd i ən |
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Définition of meridian
Origin :- mid-14c., "noon," from Old French meridien "of the noon time, midday; the Meridian; southerner" (12c.), and directly from Latin meridianus "of midday, of noon, southerly, to the south," from meridies "noon, south," from meridie "at noon," altered by dissimilation from pre-Latin *medi die, locative of medius "mid-" (see medial (adj.)) + dies "day" (see diurnal). Cartographic sense first recorded late 14c. Figurative uses tend to suggest "point of highest development or fullest power."
- 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).
- noun summit, climax
- By meridian altitudes of sun, Lyrae (Vega), 32 degrees 15 minutes.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- By meridian altitude of sun, camp is in latitude 31 degrees 53 minutes South.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Following is the revised edition of the Decalogue, calculated for this meridian.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- Before he reached it the golden sun had begun to decline from his meridian height.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- The profuseness of the illuminations outdid the brightness of the meridian sun.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- In the French version, it is the 170th meridian, which is clearly wrong.
- Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne
- The Ward and Lock translation changes it to the 117th meridian.
- Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne
- On the 60th day out the meridian of Greenwich was crossed in lat.
- Extract from : « Six Letters From the Colonies » by Robert Seaton
- Yes, but the meridian of the Palais-Royal is the most exact.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- The sun, she showed, was long past the meridian and was on its return.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
Antonyms for meridian
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