Meridian Synonyms

mə-rĭd'ē-ən

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Synonyms for Meridian

extremity
The outermost or utmost point or part; end
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noonday
Midday; noon.
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midday
Noon; twelve o'clock during the day
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apogee
The analogous point in an orbit around a celestial body other than Earth. Not in technical use.
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peak
(Physics) The highest value attained by a varying quantity:
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circle
A circular or nearly circular course, circuit, or orbit:
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culmination
The culmination is defined as the highest point, or the thing you have been working or aiming towards.
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zenith
The point of culmination; the peak:
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apex
The highest level or degree that is attained.
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acme
Mature age; full bloom of life.
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crest
The highest point, level, degree, etc.
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crown
The portion of a cut gem above the girdle.
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height
The condition or attribute of being relatively or sufficiently high or tall:
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pinnacle
A tall pointed formation, such as a mountain peak.
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summit
The highest level of officials; specif., in connection with diplomatic negotiations, the level restricted to heads of government
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top
(Nautical) A platform enclosing the head of each mast of a sailing ship, to which the topmast rigging is attached.
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payoff
The act, event, or time of payment
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fastigium
(Architecture) A pediment or gable end
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curve
The pronounced curving outline of a shapely female figure
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prime
First in time, order, or sequence
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noontime
Approximately noon.
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line of longitude
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator
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elevation
The height thus attained
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superlative
(Informal) An adjective used to praise something exceptional.
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tiptop
(Informal) The highest in quality or excellence; best
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noonish
(Colloquial) Any time close to noon; midday or thereabouts.
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Words Related to Meridian

longitude
The definition of longitude is the distance on the Earth's surface between a specific point and the prime meridian in Greenwich England, measured as a degree or the difference in time from the prime meridian.
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noon
The time or point in the sun's path at which the sun is on the local meridian.
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time
(UK, of pubs) Closing time.
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median
(Anatomy, now rare) A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm. [from 15th c.]
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climax
A rhetorical series of ideas, images, etc. arranged progressively so that the most forceful is last
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high
The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
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celestial meridian
In the equatorial coordinate system , a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and the vernal equinox . It represents the zero point for the horizontal coordinate in this system, having a right ascension of 0 hours.
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Meridian Sentence Examples

  • The axis of this band, almost a meridian line, is 156 statute miles long.

  • It marks the first meridian of longitude in Hindu geography.

  • From the springs the journey was continued along the same meridian to the Fitzroy river.

  • It enters the Maranon very near the 74th meridian.

  • By authority, therefore, of Queensland, the mainland of New Guinea, opposite her shores east of the 141st meridian, was annexed to that colony in 1883.

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