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one of the imaginary lines between the north and south pole that are used to establish east-to-west position (longitude)More rarely, meridian can refer to a similar imaginary line in astronomy or mathematics. Even more rarely, it can refer to a highest point, to noon, or to acupuncture points.
In the Midwest, meridian can refer to a highway median (a strip of land that separate highway lanes going in opposite directions).
- The International Date Line is opposite the Prime Meridian.
meridian = one of the imaginary lines between the north and south pole that are used to establish east-to-west position (longitude)
- Unlike the equator, the choice of the location of the prime meridian (zero degrees) is arbitrary.
- In other words, while Phileas Fogg, going eastward, saw the sun pass the meridian eighty times, his friends in London only saw it pass the meridian seventy-nine times.Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
- The one hundred and first meridian was passed.Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
- "The rogue told me a lot of stories," repeated Passepartout, "about the meridians, the sun, and the moon!"Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
- The General Grant passed, on the 23rd of November, the one hundred and eightieth meridian, and was at the very antipodes of London.Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
- This famous timepiece, always regulated on the Greenwich meridian, which was now some seventy-seven degrees westward, was at least four hours slow.Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
- In other words, while Phileas Fogg, going eastward, saw the sun pass the meridian eighty times, his friends in London only saw it pass the meridian seventy-nine times.Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
- But, though he was only half-way by the difference of meridians, he had really gone over two-thirds of the whole journey; for he had been obliged to make long circuits from London to Aden, from Aden to Bombay, from Calcutta to Singapore, and from Singapore to Yokohama.Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
- Sir Francis corrected Passepartout's time, whereupon the latter made the same remark that he had done to Fix; and upon the general insisting that the watch should be regulated in each new meridian, since he was constantly going eastward, that is in the face of the sun, and therefore the days were shorter by four minutes for each degree gone over, Passepartout obstinately refused to alter his watch, which he kept at London time.Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
- Passepartout was ignorant that, if the face of his watch had been divided into twenty-four hours, like the Italian clocks, he would have no reason for exultation; for the hands of his watch would then, instead of as now indicating nine o'clock in the morning, indicate nine o'clock in the evening, that is, the twenty-first hour after midnight precisely the difference between London time and that of the one hundred and eightieth meridian.Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
- In Meridian (I had only gone ninety miles from Jackson) there was a wait of hours for the train that went from New Orleans to New York.Eudora Welty -- One Writer's Beginnings
- In North America, grid was parallels 35, 40, 45, 50 degrees north crossed by meridians 110, 115, 120 west, twelve targets.Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
- The meridian of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, near London, is the prime meridian for reckoning the longitude of the world.Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
- The moon was now past the meridian and travelling down the west.H.G. Wells -- The Island of Dr. Moreau
- The sun, now half-way to meridian, was hot and no breeze blew in that sheltered spot.Zane Grey -- The Man of the Forest
- The crown/meridian pressure point was one he had used countless times.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- Remember the heats of July, my daughter; nor venture further than thou canst retrace before the meridian.James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pioneers
- I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness; And from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting.William Shakespeare -- Henry VIII
- An improved meridian groove and a sharper edge.Scott Westerfeld -- The Secret Hour
meridian = one of the imaginary lines between the north and south pole that are used to establish east-to-west position (longitude)
meridian = one of the imaginary lines between the north and south pole that are used to establish east-to-west position (longitude)
meridian = one of the imaginary lines between the north and south pole that are used to establish east-to-west position (longitude)
meridians = imaginary lines between the north and south pole that are used to establish position (longitude)
meridian = one of the imaginary lines between the north and south pole that are used to establish east-to-west position (longitude)
meridian = one of the imaginary lines between the north and south pole that are used to establish east-to-west position (longitude)
meridian = one of the imaginary lines between the north and south pole that are used to establish east-to-west position (longitude)
meridians = imaginary lines between the north and south pole that are used to establish position (longitude)
meridian = one of the imaginary lines between the north and south pole that are used to establish east-to-west position (longitude)
meridian = one of the imaginary lines between the north and south pole that are used to establish east-to-west position (longitude)
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