meridian
In full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial…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.
» Tom is confusing meridians with parallels.
Том путает меридианы с параллелями.
Meaning
14 sensesIn 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
(also)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
(broadly)The place on the celestial meridian where it is crossed by the sun or a star at its highest point.
The place on the celestial meridian where it is crossed by the sun or a star at its highest point.
(broadly, figuratively)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
(broadly, figuratively, specifically)Chiefly followed by of: the middle period of someone's life, when they are at their full abilities or strength; one's prime.
(broadly)A ring or half-ring with markings in which an artificial globe is installed and may spin.
(broadly)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).
(US, dated)The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
Sabon
(Chinese, also, figuratively, rare, 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
(obsolete)The south.
(obsolete)Midday, noon.
(obsolete)A midday rest; a siesta.
Examples
4 sentencesTom is confusing meridians with parallels.
ruТом путает меридианы с параллелями.
The moon does not cross the meridian today.
The Greenwich meridian passes through the country.
deDer Nullmeridian geht durch das Land.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, meridians are a path through which a person's life-energy, or qi, flows.
ruВ традиционной китайской медицине меридианами называются каналы, по которым циркулирует жизненная энергия человека (ци).
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from Late Middle English meridian, meridien (“midday, noon; position oThe 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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Forms
plural: meridiansSynonyms
28 synonyms- an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator:line of longitude
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development:acmeheightelevationpeakpinnaclesummitsuperlativetiptop