meridian

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 [syn: {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" [syn: {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" [syn: {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.
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            Tables . . . to find the altitude meridian.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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   2. Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as,
      meridian splendor.
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Meridian \Me*rid"i*an\, n. [F. m['e]ridien. See {Meridian}, a.]
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   1. Midday; noon.
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   2. Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or
      the like; culmination.
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            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.
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   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.
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   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.
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   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.
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   {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.
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            All other knowledge merely serves the concerns of
            this life, and is fitted to the meridian thereof.
                                                  --Sir M. Hale.
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   {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.
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Meridian, CA
  Zip code(s): 95957
Meridian, GA
  Zip code(s): 31319
Meridian, ID (city, FIPS 52120)
  Location: 43.61113 N, 116.39968 W
  Population (1990): 9596 (3746 housing units)
  Area: 18.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 83642
Meridian, MS (city, FIPS 46640)
  Location: 32.38087 N, 88.71250 W
  Population (1990): 41036 (17740 housing units)
  Area: 92.3 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 39301, 39305, 39307
Meridian, NY (village, FIPS 46646)
  Location: 43.16346 N, 76.53538 W
  Population (1990): 351 (120 housing units)
  Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Meridian, OK (CDP, FIPS 47810)
  Location: 34.42710 N, 97.97779 W
  Population (1990): 1471 (609 housing units)
  Area: 20.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Meridian, OK (town, FIPS 47800)
  Location: 35.84349 N, 97.24631 W
  Population (1990): 45 (32 housing units)
  Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 73058
Meridian, PA (CDP, FIPS 48728)
  Location: 40.85435 N, 79.95658 W
  Population (1990): 3473 (1287 housing units)
  Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Meridian, TX (city, FIPS 47760)
  Location: 31.92395 N, 97.64723 W
  Population (1990): 1390 (620 housing units)
  Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 76665
    

Meridian, 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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      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,
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      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,
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      maximum, meridiem, meridional, midday, mountaintop, ne plus ultra,
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      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, zone