| meridian | | |
| n. (state) | 1. acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top | 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" |
| ~ degree, stage, level, point | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" |
| n. (location) | 2. meridian | a town in eastern Mississippi. |
| ~ town | an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city.; "they drive through town on their way to work" |
| ~ magnolia state, mississippi, ms | a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. |
| n. (location) | 3. line of longitude, meridian | 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" |
| ~ great circle | a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center. |
| ~ observer's meridian | a meridian that passes through the observer's zenith. |
| ~ prime meridian | meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England). |
| ~ magnetic meridian | an imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth. |
| ~ date line, dateline, international date line | an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian. |
| adj. (pertain) | 4. meridian | of or happening at noon.; "meridian hour" |
| adj. | 5. meridian, prime | being at the best stage of development.; "our manhood's prime vigor" |
| ~ mature | having reached full natural growth or development.; "a mature cell" |
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