Значение

значений: 14
  1. In full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface.

    an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator

  2. (также)In full terrestrial meridian: a great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles (the terrestrial North Pole and South Pole); also, half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude.

    Meridian

    меридиа́нmeridián

    півде́нникpivdénnyk, меридіа́нmerydián

  3. (шире)The place on the celestial meridian where it is crossed by the sun or a star at its highest point.

  4. The place on the celestial meridian where it is crossed by the sun or a star at its highest point.

    (шире, переносно)The highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something; culmination, peak, zenith.

    the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

  5. (шире, переносно, конкретно)Chiefly followed by of: the middle period of someone's life, when they are at their full abilities or strength; one's prime.

  6. (шире)A ring or half-ring with markings in which an artificial globe is installed and may spin.

  7. (шире)A line passing through the poles of any sphere; a notional line on the surface of a curved or round body (in particular, an eyeball).

  8. (США, устаревшее)The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.

    Sabon

  9. (Chinese, также, переносно, редкое, traditional)Any of the pathways on the body along which chi or qi (life force) is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed; especially, one of twelve such pathways associated with organs of the body.

    меридиа́нmeridián

  10. (устаревшее)The south.

  11. (устаревшее)Midday, noon.

  12. (устаревшее)A midday rest; a siesta.

Примеры

предложений: 4
  1. Tom is confusing meridians with parallels.

    Том путает меридианы с параллелями. — nina99nv

  2. The moon does not cross the meridian today.

  3. The Greenwich meridian passes through the country.

    deDer Nullmeridian geht durch das Land. — brauchinet

  4. According to traditional Chinese medicine, meridians are a path through which a person's life-energy, or qi, flows.

    В традиционной китайской медицине меридианами называются каналы, по которым циркулирует жизненная энергия человека (ци). — Karok

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
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great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles:
Русский
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great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles:
44-point type:

Происхождение

The noun is derived from Late Middle English meridian, meridien (“midday, noon; position o

The noun is derived from Late Middle English meridian, meridien (“midday, noon; position of the sun at noon; the south; longitude of a place; (astronomy) celestial meridian”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman meridien (“midday”), Middle French meridien (“midday; the south; terrestrial meridian; (astronomy) celestial meridian”) (modern French méridien), and Old French meridiane, meridiiene, and from their etymon Latin merīdiānum (“midday; position of the sun at noon; the south”), a noun use of the neuter form of merīdiānus (“relating to midday; southern”); see further at etymology 1.

Borrowed from French méridien or German Meridian (“pathway on the body along which life force is thought to flow”), from Latin merīdiānum (“midday; position of the sun at noon; the south”) (see further at etymology 2); the French and German words are calques of Mandarin 經 /经, 经 (jīng, “pathway on the body along which life force is thought to flow; longitude; warp of woven fabric; to go or pass through”).

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Формы

мн. число: meridians
Ед. числоmeridian
Мн. числоmeridians

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Синонимы

синонимов: 28
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связанных слов: 14

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