Definition for Meridian:

• In geog., an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth, supposed to pass through the poles and any given place, cutting the equator at right angles; in astron., a great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of the spectator which is crossed at mid- day; the brass ring surrounding a globe on which the degrees are marked- meridians are so called because they mark all places that have noon at the same instant; mid- day or noon; the highest point of anything.

Synonyms for Meridian:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • prime,
  • meridian.
  •day (adjective)
  • midday,
  • morning,
  • dawn,
  • forenoon,
  • antemeridian.

• n.

  •
  • artificial insemination,
  • acupuncture,
  • aftercare,
  • anesthesia,
  • Artificial Feeding,
  • anaesthesia,
  • aromatherapy,
  • analgesia,
  • acupressure.
  •
  • coordinate,
  • boundary,
  • high,
  • contour,
  • grid,
  • cartography,
  • grid reference,
  • chart,
  • atlas.
  •apex (noun)
  • up theres,
  • mosts.
  •circle (noun)
  • re volution,
  • parallel latitude,
  • co lures,
  • co-lures,
  • re cord,
  • zodiac,
  • re-volution,
  • zodiacs,
  • re cords,
  • co-lure,
  • re volutions,
  • full turns,
  • re-volutions,
  • co lure,
  • ecliptics,
  • re-cord,
  • re-cords.
  •climax (noun)
  • capsheaves,
  • utmosts,
  • tiptops,
  • high spots.
  •crown (noun)
  • fastigiums,
  • fastigia.
  •culmination (noun)
  • crowning touches,
  • all way,
  • blow offs.
  •day (noun)
  • morn,
  • daybreak,
  • sunup,
  • sunrise.
  •gyre (noun)
  • parallel of.
  •high noon (noun)
  • Nooning,
  • high noon,
  • meridiem,
  • eight bells.
  •summit, climax (noun)
  • high-water mark,
  • acme,
  • crest.
  •top (noun)
  • finials,
  • finial,
  • superficies.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • the equator,
  • payoff,
  • zone,
  • band,
  • the Antarctic Circle,
  • apogee,
  • the date line,
  • the international date line,
  • equatorial,
  • the Arctic Circle.
  •
  • zenith,
  • area.
  •
  • tropic,
  • latitude,
  • longitudinal.
  •
  • parallel.

Paraphrases for Meridian:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    meridien.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    meridional.

Antonyms for Meridian:

• n.

  • summit, climax
    nadir.
  • Other antonyms:
    immature, minimum, foot, base, abyss, rock bottom, bottom.

Meridian Sentence Examples:

• He thought about how Mars was divided at an arbitrary meridian - half to Venus, half to Earth.

• This establishment excited and obtained the reverification of the measure of an arc of the meridian, in order to serve as a basis for the uniformity of the weights and measures which the government wished to establish.

Homophones for Meridian:

• martini, maritime, mauritanie, marathon, morton, Monarda Didyma, martynia, mauritania, martin, mauritanian, muritaniya, married man, mortmain, meridien, mauritian, merton, Martynia Annua, marten, martian, more than, married woman.

Holonyms for Meridian:

• n.

  • location
    mississippi, magnolia state, miss., ms.