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Meridian   /mərˈɪdiən/   Listen
Meridian

noun
1.
The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.  Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top.  "The artist's gifts are at their acme" , "At the height of her career" , "The peak of perfection" , "Summer was at its peak" , "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame" , "The summit of his ambition" , "So many highest superlatives achieved by man" , "At the top of his profession"
2.
A town in eastern Mississippi.
3.
An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator.  Synonym: line of longitude.
adjective
1.
Of or happening at noon.
2.
Being at the best stage of development.  Synonym: prime.



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... the known sentiments of a far greater part of the States in the Union; and inconsistent with the clear light of liberty, which is spreading over the world in meridian splendor, and dissipating those antique glooms of tyrannical darkness which were ever opposed to free, ...
— The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut • M. Louise Greene, Ph. D.

... zone: is divided into an eastern humid or Carolinian area, and a western arid or upper Sonoran area, which pass insensibly into each other near the 100th meridian: see Carolinian ...
— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology • John. B. Smith

... the International Meridian Conference, who assembled in Washington upon invitation addressed by the Government of the United States to all nations holding diplomatic relations with it, "for the purpose of fixing upon a meridian proper to be employed as a common ...
— International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. • Various

... had just crossed the meridian. Jose awoke, conscious that he was not alone. The weird legend that hung about the old church filtered slowly through his dazed brain. Rosendo had said that an angel of some kind dwelt in the place. And surely a presence sat on the bench ...
— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking

... convey to you an idea of the ever-varying and accidental beauties of this majestic scenery! Sometimes the vapour-winged tempest, flitting along some lonely vale, embrowns it with a solemn shade, whilst every thing around glitters in the fullness of meridian splendour. On a sudden, all is dark and gloomy; the thunder rolls from rock to rock, till echo seems tired with the dreadful repetition: add to this, the gradual approach of the evening, the last gleam of sunshine fading on the mountain-brow, the lingering twilight still warding off ...
— Translations of German Poetry in American Magazines 1741-1810 • Edward Ziegler Davis


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