All 3 Uses of
meridian
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- The North Star was directly in the wind's eye, and since evening the Bear had swung round it outwardly to the east, till he was now at a right angle with the meridian.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- Castor and Pollux with their quiet shine were almost on the meridian: the barren and gloomy Square of Pegasus was creeping round to the north-west; far away through the plantation Vega sparkled like a lamp suspended amid the leafless trees, and Cassiopeia's chair stood daintily poised on the uppermost boughs.†
Chpt 1-3
- It was about a mile and a half from Weatherbury, and in the meridian times of stage-coach travelling had been the place where many coaches changed and kept their relays of horses.†
Chpt 40-42
Definition:
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(meridian) one of the imaginary lines between the north and south pole that are used to establish east-to-west position (longitude)