meridian
To cause an object to reach the meridian or highest point ofTo cause an object to reach the meridian or highest point of (something).
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» Tom is confusing meridians with parallels.
Том путает меридианы с параллелями. — nina99nv
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(also, figuratively, rare, transitive)To cause an object to reach the meridian or highest point of (something).
(also, figuratively, intransitive, rare)Of a celestial body: to reach its meridian.
Examples
4 sentencesTom is confusing meridians with parallels.
ruТом путает меридианы с параллелями. — nina99nv
The moon does not cross the meridian today.
The Greenwich meridian passes through the country.
deDer Nullmeridian geht durch das Land. — brauchinet
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). — Karok
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.
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Forms
meridians, meridianing, meridianed, meridianed| Base form | meridian · to meridian |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | meridians |
| Present participle | meridianing |
| Past simple | meridianed |
| Past participle | meridianed |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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