meridian

noun · verb · adjectiveB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

meridians

1.
In full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface.
2.
(also)In full terrestrial meridian: a great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles (the terrestrial North Pole and South Pole); also, half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude.
3.
(broadly)The place on the celestial meridian where it is crossed by the sun or a star at its highest point.
4.
(broadly)A ring or half-ring with markings in which an artificial globe is installed and may spin.
5.
(broadly)A line passing through the poles of any sphere; a notional line on the surface of a curved or round body (in particular, an eyeball).
6.
(US, dated)(US, printing, dated) The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
7.
(obsolete)The south.
8.
(obsolete)Midday, noon.
Đồng nghĩa: noontide, 12 o'clock, 12 noon, 12 p.m., high noon, meridian, meridiem, midday, nones, noon, noonday, noontime, noon-time, noontide, sext, twelve, undern, undermeal, undertide
9.
(obsolete)A midday rest; a siesta.
10.
(obsolete)A particular area or situation considered as having a specific characteristic or identity; also, the characteristics, habits, or tastes of a specific group, locale, etc.
11.
(Scotland, obsolete)An alcoholic drink taken at midday.
12.
(Chinese, also, figuratively, rare, traditional)(acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which chi or qi (life force) is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed; especially, one of twelve such pathways associated with organs of the body.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

meridians

V_ing/Gerund

meridianing

V_ed/pp

meridianed

1.
(also, figuratively, rare, transitive)To cause an object to reach the meridian or highest point of (something).
2.
(also, figuratively, intransitive, rare)Of a celestial body: to reach its meridian.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(also, figuratively, not comparable, rare)Relating to a meridian (in various senses); meridional.
2.
(also, figuratively, not comparable, rare)(archaic except literary) Relating to midday or noon.
3.
(also, figuratively, not comparable, obsolete, rare)Relating to the culmination or highest point.
4.
(also, figuratively, not comparable, obsolete, rare)Relating to the south; meridional, southern.

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Đồng nghĩa

noontide12 o'clock12 noon12 p.m.high noonmeridiem midday nones noon noonday noontimenoon-timesext twelve undern undermeal undertide

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Nguồn gốc từ

The noun is derived from Late Middle English meridian, meridien, from meridien (midday), Middle French meridien (modern méridien), and Old French meridiane, meridiiene, and from their etymon Latin merīdiānum (midday; position of the sun at noon; the south), a noun use of the neuter form of merīdiānus (relating to midday; southern); see further at etymology 1.