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meridian 音标拼音: [mɚ'ɪdiən] n. 子午线,经线,顶点
a. 子午线的,日中的,顶点的 子午线,经线,顶点子午线的,日中的,顶点的 meridian adj 1: of or happening at noon; " meridian hour" 2: being at the best stage of development; " our manhood' s prime vigor"- Robert Browning [ synonym: { prime}, { meridian}] n 1: 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" [ synonym: { acme}, { height}, { elevation}, { peak}, { pinnacle}, { summit}, { superlative}, { meridian}, { tiptop}, { top}] 2: a town in eastern Mississippi 3: 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" [ synonym: { meridian}, { line of longitude}] Meridian \ Me* rid" i* an\, a. [ F. m[' e] ridien, L. meridianus pertaining to noon, fr. meridies noon, midday, for older medidies; medius mid, middle dies day. See { Mid}, and { Diurnal}.] 1. Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course. " Meridian hour." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Tables . . . to find the altitude meridian. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor. [ 1913 Webster]
Meridian \ Me* rid" i* an\, n. [ F. m[' e] ridien. See { Meridian}, a.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Midday; noon. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination. [ 1913 Webster] I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Astron.) 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. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Geog.) 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. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The planes of the geographical and astronomical meridians coincide. Meridians, on a map or globe, are lines drawn at certain intervals due north and south, or in the direction of the poles. [ 1913 Webster] { Calculated for the meridian of}, or { fitted to the meridian of}, or { adapted to the meridian of}, suited to the local circumstances, capabilities, or special requirements of. [ 1913 Webster] All other knowledge merely serves the concerns of this life, and is fitted to the meridian thereof. -- Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster] { First meridian} or { prime meridian}, the meridian from which longitudes are reckoned. The meridian of Greenwich is the one commonly employed in calculations of longitude by geographers, and in actual practice, although in various countries other and different meridians, chiefly those which pass through the capitals of the countries, are occasionally used; as, in France, the meridian of Paris; in the United States, the meridian of Washington, etc. { Guide meridian} ( Public Land Survey), a line, marked by monuments, running North and South through a section of country between other more carefully established meridians called principal meridians, used for reference in surveying. [ U. S.] { Magnetic meridian}, a great circle, passing through the zenith and coinciding in direction with the magnetic needle, or a line on the earth' s surface having the same direction. { Meridian circle} ( Astron.), an instrument consisting of a telescope attached to a large graduated circle and so mounted that the telescope revolves like the transit instrument in a meridian plane. By it the right ascension and the declination of a star may be measured in a single observation. { Meridian instrument} ( Astron.), any astronomical instrument having a telescope that rotates in a meridian plane. { Meridian of a globe}, or { Brass meridian}, a graduated circular ring of brass, in which the artificial globe is suspended and revolves. [ 1913 Webster] 184 Moby Thesaurus words for " meridian": Antarctic Zone, Arctic Circle, Arctic Zone, Frigid Zones, Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, Torrid Zone, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Variable Zones, acmatic, acme, aeronautical chart, apex, aphelion, apical, apogee, astronomical chart, astronomical longitude, atlas, autumnal equinox, azimuthal equidistant projection, azimuthal projection, brow, cap, capital, cartographer, cartography, celestial chart, celestial equator, celestial globe, celestial longitude, celestial meridian, chart, chief, chorographer, chorography, circle, climate, climatic chart, climax, clime, cloud nine, colures, conic projection, consummate, contour line, contour map, crest, crown, culmen, culmination, cylindrical projection, ecliptic, edge, eight bells, equator, equinoctial, equinoctial circle, equinoctial colure, equinox, extreme limit, extremity, galactic longitude, general reference map, geocentric longitude, geodetic longitude, globe, gnomonic projection, graphic scale, great circle, grid line, hachure, head, headmost, heaven, heavens, height, heliocentric longitude, heliographic chart, high noon, highest, highest pitch, highest point, horse latitudes, hydrographic chart, index, isoline, latitude, layer tint, legend, limit, longitude, longitude in arc, map, map maker, map projection, mapper, maximal, maximum, meridiem, meridional, midday, mountaintop, ne plus ultra, no place higher, noon, noonday, nooning, noonish, noonlight, noonlit, noontide, noontime, orbit, overmost, parallel, paramount, peak, perigee, perihelion, period, photogrammetrist, photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map, pinnacle, pitch, point, pole, political map, polyconic projection, preeminent, prime meridian, projection, relief map, representative fraction, ridge, road map, roaring forties, scale, seventh heaven, sinusoidal projection, sky, small circle, solstitial colure, special map, spire, subtropics, summit, summital, supreme, terrain map, terrestrial globe, the line, thematic map, tip, tip- top, top, topmost, topographer, topographic chart, topography, trajectory, transportation map, tropic, tropics, ultimate, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost, utmost, vernal equinox, vertex, vertical, very top, weather chart, weather map, zenith, zenithal, zodiac, zoneMeridian, NY -- U. S. village in New York Population ( 2000): 350 Housing Units ( 2000): 120 Land area ( 2000): 0. 692018 sq. miles ( 1. 792318 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 000000 sq. miles ( 0. 000000 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 0. 692018 sq. miles ( 1. 792318 sq. km) FIPS code: 46646 Located within: New York ( NY), FIPS 36 Location: 43. 163531 N, 76. 535045 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Meridian, NY Meridian
Meridian, CO -- U. S. Census Designated Place in Colorado Population ( 2000): 184 Housing Units ( 2000): 140 Land area ( 2000): 7. 610856 sq. miles ( 19. 712025 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 000962 sq. miles ( 0. 002492 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 7. 611818 sq. miles ( 19. 714517 sq. km) FIPS code: 50012 Located within: Colorado ( CO), FIPS 08 Location: 39. 548714 N, 104. 850969 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Meridian, CO Meridian
Meridian, ID -- U. S. city in Idaho Population ( 2000): 34919 Housing Units ( 2000): 12293 Land area ( 2000): 11. 788751 sq. miles ( 30. 532723 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 000000 sq. miles ( 0. 000000 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 11. 788751 sq. miles ( 30. 532723 sq. km) FIPS code: 52120 Located within: Idaho ( ID), FIPS 16 Location: 43. 614229 N, 116. 398963 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 83642 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Meridian, ID Meridian
Meridian, OK -- U. S. town in Oklahoma Population ( 2000): 54 Housing Units ( 2000): 31 Land area ( 2000): 0. 198858 sq. miles ( 0. 515041 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 000000 sq. miles ( 0. 000000 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 0. 198858 sq. miles ( 0. 515041 sq. km) FIPS code: 47800 Located within: Oklahoma ( OK), FIPS 40 Location: 35. 843545 N, 97. 246625 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 73058 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Meridian, OK Meridian
Meridian, OK -- U. S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma Population ( 2000): 1485 Housing Units ( 2000): 643 Land area ( 2000): 7. 631141 sq. miles ( 19. 764563 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 009790 sq. miles ( 0. 025357 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 7. 640931 sq. miles ( 19. 789920 sq. km) FIPS code: 47810 Located within: Oklahoma ( OK), FIPS 40 Location: 34. 416951 N, 97. 969636 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 73058 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Meridian, OK Meridian
Meridian, PA -- U. S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population ( 2000): 3794 Housing Units ( 2000): 1524 Land area ( 2000): 2. 836236 sq. miles ( 7. 345817 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 004892 sq. miles ( 0. 012669 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 2. 841128 sq. miles ( 7. 358486 sq. km) FIPS code: 48728 Located within: Pennsylvania ( PA), FIPS 42 Location: 40. 854415 N, 79. 956359 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Meridian, PA Meridian
Meridian, TX -- U. S. city in Texas Population ( 2000): 1491 Housing Units ( 2000): 600 Land area ( 2000): 2. 163088 sq. miles ( 5. 602372 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 005137 sq. miles ( 0. 013304 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 2. 168225 sq. miles ( 5. 615676 sq. km) FIPS code: 47760 Located within: Texas ( TX), FIPS 48 Location: 31. 924649 N, 97. 656668 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 76665 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Meridian, TX Meridian
Meridian, MS -- U. S. city in Mississippi Population ( 2000): 39968 Housing Units ( 2000): 17890 Land area ( 2000): 45. 117740 sq. miles ( 116. 854406 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 752075 sq. miles ( 1. 947864 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 45. 869815 sq. miles ( 118. 802270 sq. km) FIPS code: 46640 Located within: Mississippi ( MS), FIPS 28 Location: 32. 374841 N, 88. 704160 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 39301 39305 39307 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Meridian, MS Meridian
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