meridian

Etymology 1
From Late, , from , (whence 🇨🇬; modern 🇨🇬), and from their  , from  +. is a form of  (with the -d- sound shifted to -r-), from  (ultimately from ) +  (ultimately from ).

Adjective

 * 1) Relating to a meridian (in various senses); meridional.
 * 2)  Relating to midday or noon.
 * 3) Relating to the culmination or highest point.
 * 4) Relating to the south; meridional, southern.
 * 1)  Relating to midday or noon.
 * 2) Relating to the culmination or highest point.
 * 3) Relating to the south; meridional, southern.
 * 1) Relating to the culmination or highest point.
 * 2) Relating to the south; meridional, southern.
 * 1) Relating to the culmination or highest point.
 * 2) Relating to the south; meridional, southern.
 * 1) Relating to the south; meridional, southern.
 * 1) Relating to the south; meridional, southern.

Etymology 2
The is derived from Late, , from ,  (modern 🇨🇬), and , , and from their  , a  use of the  form of ; see further at etymology 1.

Sense 1.1 (“celestial meridian”) is ultimately modelled after. Sense 5.2 (“midday rest; siesta”) is modelled after 🇨🇬, probably short for.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3) The place on the celestial meridian where it is crossed by the sun or a star at its highest point.
 * 4)  The highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something; culmination, peak, zenith.
 * 5)  Chiefly followed by of: the middle period of someone's life, when they are at their full abilities or strength; one's prime.
 * 6) A ring or half-ring with markings in which an artificial globe is installed and may spin.
 * 7)  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).
 * 8)  The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
 * 9) The south.
 * 10) Midday, noon.
 * 11) A midday rest; a siesta.
 * 12) A particular area or situation considered as having a specific characteristic or identity; also, the characteristics, habits, or tastes of a specific group, locale, etc.
 * 13)  An alcoholic drink taken at midday.
 * 1) A ring or half-ring with markings in which an artificial globe is installed and may spin.
 * 2)  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).
 * 3)  The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
 * 4) The south.
 * 5) Midday, noon.
 * 6) A midday rest; a siesta.
 * 7) A particular area or situation considered as having a specific characteristic or identity; also, the characteristics, habits, or tastes of a specific group, locale, etc.
 * 8)  An alcoholic drink taken at midday.
 * 1) The south.
 * 2) Midday, noon.
 * 3) A midday rest; a siesta.
 * 4) A particular area or situation considered as having a specific characteristic or identity; also, the characteristics, habits, or tastes of a specific group, locale, etc.
 * 5)  An alcoholic drink taken at midday.
 * 1) A midday rest; a siesta.
 * 2) A particular area or situation considered as having a specific characteristic or identity; also, the characteristics, habits, or tastes of a specific group, locale, etc.
 * 3)  An alcoholic drink taken at midday.
 * 1)  An alcoholic drink taken at midday.
 * 1)  An alcoholic drink taken at midday.
 * 1)  An alcoholic drink taken at midday.
 * 1)  An alcoholic drink taken at midday.
 * 1)  An alcoholic drink taken at midday.
 * 1)  An alcoholic drink taken at midday.
 * 1)  An alcoholic drink taken at midday.
 * 1)  An alcoholic drink taken at midday.

Translations

 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Romanian:


 * Arabic: خَطّ الطُّول
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: meridian
 * Basque: meridiano
 * Belarusian: мерыдыя́н
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: meridiaan
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მერიდიანი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μεσημβρινός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: hosszúsági kör,
 * Irish: fadlíne
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:, 자오선(子午線)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: meridiāns
 * Lithuanian: dienovidinis
 * Macedonian: меридијан
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: meridian
 * Persian:, نیمروزان
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: domhan-loidhne
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: меридијан
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: poludník
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: півде́нник, меридіа́н
 * Vietnamese:


 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: korkein aste
 * Greek: απώγειο,


 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:


 * French: trimégiste
 * German: Sabon

Verb

 * 1)  To cause an object to reach the meridian or highest point of (something).
 * 2)  Of a celestial body: to reach its meridian.
 * 1)  Of a celestial body: to reach its meridian.
 * 1)  Of a celestial body: to reach its meridian.
 * 1)  Of a celestial body: to reach its meridian.

Etymology 3


Borrowed from or, from  (see further at etymology 2); the French and German words are s of ,.

Noun

 * 1)  Any of the pathways on the body along which  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.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Persian: مریدین
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  a
 * 2) a  (ring or half-ring with markings in which an artificial globe is installed and may spin)