Great circle passing through the celestial poles, the zenith, and the nadir of a particular location.
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Examples for "meridian"
Examples for "meridian"
1A B is the principal meridian; C D is the base line.
2The profuseness of the illuminations outdid the brightness of the meridian sun.
3This line will be the meridian of the place you are in.
4By about Christmas we had reached nearly the 150th meridian in lat.
5Its centre is crossed by the sixty-fourth meridian and the thirty-second parallel.
Translations for celestial meridian