What is meridian mean?

Answer 1

# Either half of such a great circle from pole to pole. # Astronomy. A great circle passing through the two poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith of a given observer. # Mathematics. # A curve on a surface of revolution, formed by the intersection of the surface with a plane containing the axis of revolution. # A plane section of a surface of revolution containing the axis of revolution. # Any of the longitudinal lines or pathways on the body along which the acupuncture points are distributed. # Archaic. # The highest point in the sky reached by the sun or another celestial body; a zenith. # Noon. # The highest point or stage of development; peak: "Men come to their meridian at various periods of their lives" (John Henry Newman). # Midwestern U.S. See http://www.answers.com/topic/median-strip. See Regional Note at http://www.answers.com/topic/neutral-ground. adj. # Of or relating to a meridian; meridional. # Of or at midday: the meridian hour. # Of, relating to, or constituting the highest point, as of development or power: the empire in its meridian period. [Middle English, from Old French, midday, from Latin merīdiānus, of midday, from merīdiēs, midday, from merīdiē, at midday, alteration of earlier *medīdiē, from *mediei diē : *mediei, dative (locative) of medius, middle + diē, dative of diēs, day.]

Answer 2

Also known as a line of longitude, a meridian is basically the vertical half of Earth's imaginary circle that connects other points of equal longitude on the surface of the Earth. In a matter of speaking, these lines are the distance in time and degrees from the Prime Meridian, which is located in Greenwich, England.

Answer 3

A meridian is any imaginary line on the earth's surface that joins the north and south poles.

Every point on a meridian has the same longitude.

Answer 4

A geographical median or line of longitude

Answer 5

The meridian line is otherwise known as the line of longitude.

Answer 6

Another name for a line of longitude.