Definitions for meridian
məˈrɪd i ənmerid·i·an

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, topnoun

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

   "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"

2. Meridiannoun

   a town in eastern Mississippi

3. meridian, line of longitudeadjective

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

   "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"

4. meridianadjective

   of or happening at noon

   "meridian hour"

5. prime, meridianadjective

   being at the best stage of development

   "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert Browning

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. meridiannoun

   An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles.

2. meridiannoun

   Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude.

3. meridiannoun

   A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular observer.

4. meridiannoun

   A similar line on any general surface of revolution.

5. meridiannoun

   Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed.

6. meridiannoun

   The highest point or state of consciousness and enlightenment achievable by a human.

7. meridianadjective

   Meridional; relating to a meridian.

8. meridianadjective

   Relating to noon

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meridianadjective

   1. At the point of noon.

   Sometimes tow’rds Eden, which now in his view
   Lay pleasant, his griev’d look he fixes sad; Sometimes tow’rds heav’n, and the full blazing Sun,
   Which now sat high in his meridian tow’r. John Milton.

   2. Extended from North to South.

   Compare the meridian line afforded by magnetical needles with one mathematically drawn, and observe the variation of the needle, or its declination from the true meridian line. Boyle.

   3. Raised to the highest point.

2. MERIDIANnoun

   Etymology: meridien, French; meridies, Lat.

   1. Noon; mid-day.

   He promis’d in his East a glorious race,
   Now sunk from his meridian, sets apace. Dryden.

   2. The line drawn from North to South, which the Sun crosses at noon.

   The true meridian is a circle passing through the poles of the world, and the zenith or vertex of any place, exactly dividing the East from the West. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Errours, b. ii.

   The Sun or Moon, rising or setting, our idea represents bigger than when on the meridian. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   3. The particular place or state of any thing.

   All other knowledge merely serves the concerns of this life, and is fitted to the meridian thereof: they are such as will be of little use to a separate soul. Matthew Hale.

   4. The highest point of glory or power.

   I’ve touch’d the highest point of all my greatness,
   And from that full meridian of my glory
   I haste now to my setting. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   Your full majesty at once breaks forth
   In the meridian of your reign. Edmund Waller.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. meridian

   A meridian is an imaginary line running from the North Pole to the South Pole on the Earth's surface. It is used as a reference point for measuring longitude, dividing the Earth's surface into Eastern and Western hemispheres. The Prime Meridian, which passes through Greenwich, London, is commonly used as the starting point for measuring longitude, with other meridians located east or west, indicating specific longitudes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meridianadjective

   being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course

2. Meridianadjective

   pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor

3. Meridianadjective

   midday; noon

4. Meridianadjective

   hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination

5. Meridianadjective

   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

6. Meridianadjective

   a great circle on the surface of the earth, passing through the poles and any given place; also, the half of such a circle included between the poles

7. Etymology: [F. mridien. See Meridian, a.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meridian

   A meridian is the half of an imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface terminated by the North Pole and the South Pole, connecting points of equal longitude. The position of a point along the meridian is given by its latitude. Each meridian is perpendicular to all circles of latitude. Each is also the same size, being half of a great circle on the Earth's surface and therefore measuring 20,003.93 km.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Meridian

   me-rid′i-an, adj. pertaining to midday: being on the meridian or at midday: raised to the highest point.—n. midday: a midday dram: the highest point, as of success: an imaginary circle on the earth's surface passing through the poles and any given place: (astron.) an imaginary circle, passing through the poles of the heavens, and the zenith of the spectator, which the sun crosses at midday.—adj. Merid′ional, pertaining to the meridian: southern: having a southern aspect.—n. Meridional′ity.—adv. Merid′ionally.—Meridian splendour, fullest point of brightness; Meridian sun, the sun at its full height, as at midday.—First meridian, the meridian passing through Greenwich, from which longitudes are measured east or west; Magnetic meridian (see Magnetic). [Fr.,—L. meridianus, from meridies (orig. medidies), midday—medius, middle, dies, day.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meridian

   an imaginary great circle passing through the poles at right angles to the equator.

CrunchBaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meridian

   Meridian Apps, Inc. (“Meridian”) is an enterprise mobile software company for location-based businesses. Retailers, hospitals, museums, subways, corporate campuses and other venues use the Meridian’s platform to build indoor-GPS apps to engage with their visitors. Customers include Macy’s, New York City subway system, American Museum of Natural History, Boston Children’s Hospital, Intel and the Venetian hotel-resort-casino. Supporting Meridian deployment is the location-based services industry’s first content management system, Meridian Editor. Within minutes, enterprise customers can use the Meridian Editor’s AppMaker to build a full-featured app with turn-by-turn directions, add multimedia and integrate with third-party features. And app developers can use Meridian’s SDKs to add indoor navigation and indoor positioning to existing apps. Meridian was developed by the founders of Spotlight Mobile, an award-winning mobile-app development firm known for their app for Barnes & Noble, American Museum of Natural History, Conde Nast and Nike.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. meridian

   A pathway within and through the body where energy flows.

   The human body has various meridian which serve various purposes.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on October 4, 2016  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of meridian in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of meridian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of meridian in a Sentence

1. Sara Brady:

   While I disagree with the current restrictions being put in place that are restricting our freedoms -- I never intended or thought me going to the park on a sunny day with my kids would evolve to the point that it would involve the Meridian Police Department, your fellow officers, you, or your family, if I had I would have never attended the park that day.

2. Martha Hoover:

   Farm-to-table, as a descriptor, was not even uttered until almost 15 years after I opened my first cafe, even though from day one, we were making food from scratch using ingredients that we carefully sourced locally, people in Indianapolis have been remarkably supportive -- especially the people living in Meridian Kessler, the urban neighborhood where the first Cafe Patachou was located.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=meridian
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Meridian
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=meridian
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meridian
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=meridian
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=meridian
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Meridian
9. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/meridian