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  Meridian, CA
    Zip code(s): 95957
  Meridian, GA
    Zip code(s): 31319
  Meridian, ID (city, FIPS 52120)
    Location: 43.61113 N, 116.39968 W
    Population (1990): 9596 (3746 housing units)
    Area: 18.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 83642
  Meridian, MS (city, FIPS 46640)
    Location: 32.38087 N, 88.71250 W
    Population (1990): 41036 (17740 housing units)
    Area: 92.3 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 39301, 39305, 39307
  Meridian, NY (village, FIPS 46646)
    Location: 43.16346 N, 76.53538 W
    Population (1990): 351 (120 housing units)
    Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Meridian, OK (CDP, FIPS 47810)
    Location: 34.42710 N, 97.97779 W
    Population (1990): 1471 (609 housing units)
    Area: 20.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Meridian, OK (town, FIPS 47800)
    Location: 35.84349 N, 97.24631 W
    Population (1990): 45 (32 housing units)
    Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 73058
  Meridian, PA (CDP, FIPS 48728)
    Location: 40.85435 N, 79.95658 W
    Population (1990): 3473 (1287 housing units)
    Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Meridian, TX (city, FIPS 47760)
    Location: 31.92395 N, 97.64723 W
    Population (1990): 1390 (620 housing units)
    Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 76665

  Meridian \Me*rid"i*an\, n. [F. m['e]ridien. See Meridian, a.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Midday; noon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or
        the like; culmination.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I have touched the highest point of all my
              greatness,
              And from that full meridian of my glory
              I haste now to my setting.            --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Astron.) A great circle of the sphere passing through the
        poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It
        is crossed by the sun at midday.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Geog.) A great circle on the surface of the earth,
        passing through the poles and any given place; also, the
        half of such a circle included between the poles.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The planes of the geographical and astronomical
           meridians coincide. Meridians, on a map or globe, are
           lines drawn at certain intervals due north and south,
           or in the direction of the poles.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Calculated for the meridian of, or fitted to the meridian
     of, or adapted to the meridian of, suited to the local
        circumstances, capabilities, or special requirements of.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All other knowledge merely serves the concerns of
              this life, and is fitted to the meridian thereof.
                                                    --Sir M. Hale.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     First meridian or prime meridian, the meridian from which
        longitudes are reckoned. The meridian of Greenwich is the
        one commonly employed in calculations of longitude by
        geographers, and in actual practice, although in various
        countries other and different meridians, chiefly those
        which pass through the capitals of the countries, are
        occasionally used; as, in France, the meridian of Paris;
        in the United States, the meridian of Washington, etc.
  
     Guide meridian (Public Land Survey), a line, marked by
        monuments, running North and South through a section of
        country between other more carefully established meridians
        called principal meridians, used for reference in
        surveying. [U.S.]
  
     Magnetic meridian, a great circle, passing through the
        zenith and coinciding in direction with the magnetic
        needle, or a line on the earth's surface having the same
        direction.
  
     Meridian circle (Astron.), an instrument consisting of a
        telescope attached to a large graduated circle and so
        mounted that the telescope revolves like the transit
        instrument in a meridian plane. By it the right ascension
        and the declination of a star may be measured in a single
        observation.
  
     Meridian instrument (Astron.), any astronomical instrument
        having a telescope that rotates in a meridian plane.
  
     Meridian of a globe, or Brass meridian, a graduated
        circular ring of brass, in which the artificial globe is
        suspended and revolves.
        [1913 Webster]

  Meridian \Me*rid"i*an\, a. [F. m['e]ridien, L. meridianus
     pertaining to noon, fr. meridies noon, midday, for older
     medidies; medius mid, middle + dies day. See Mid, and
     Diurnal.]
     1. Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or
        passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in
        his diurnal course. ``Meridian hour.'' --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Tables . . . to find the altitude meridian.
                                                    --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as,
        meridian splendor.
        [1913 Webster]

  Meridian \Me*rid"i*an\, a. [F. m['e]ridien, L. meridianus
     pertaining to noon, fr. meridies noon, midday, for older
     medidies; medius mid, middle + dies day. See Mid, and
     Diurnal.]
     1. Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or
        passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in
        his diurnal course. ``Meridian hour.'' --Milton.
  
              Tables . . . to find the altitude meridian.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
     2. Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as,
        meridian splendor.

  Meridian \Me*rid"i*an\, n. [F. m['e]ridien. See Meridian, a.]
     1. Midday; noon.
  
     2. Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or
        the like; culmination.
  
              I have touched the highest point of all my
              greatness, And from that full meridian of my glory I
              haste now to my setting.              --Shak.
  
     3. (Astron.) A great circle of the sphere passing through the
        poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It
        is crossed by the sun at midday.
  
     4. (Geog.) A great circle on the surface of the earth,
        passing through the poles and any given place; also, the
        half of such a circle included between the poles.
  
     Note: The planes of the geographical and astronomical
           meridians coincide. Meridians, on a map or globe, are
           lines drawn at certain intervals due north and south,
           or in the direction of the poles.
  
     Calculated for, or fitted to, or adapted to, the
     meridian of, suited to the local circumstances,
        capabilities, or special requirements of.
  
              All other knowledge merely serves the concerns of
              this life, and is fitted to the meridian thereof.
                                                    --Sir M. Hale.
  
     First meridian, the meridian from which longitudes are
        reckoned. The meridian of Greenwich is the one commonly
        employed in calculations of longitude by geographers, and
        in actual practice, although in various countries other
        and different meridians, chiefly those which pass through
        the capitals of the countries, are occasionally used; as,
        in France, the meridian of Paris; in the United States,
        the meridian of Washington, etc.
  
     Guide meridian (Public Land Survey), a line, marked by
        monuments, running North and South through a section of
        country between other more carefully established meridians
        called principal meridians, used for reference in
        surveying. [U.S.]
  
     Magnetic meridian, a great circle, passing through the
        zenith and coinciding in direction with the magnetic
        needle, or a line on the earth's surface having the same
        direction.
  
     Meridian circle (Astron.), an instrument consisting of a
        telescope attached to a large graduated circle and so
        mounted that the telescope revolves like the transit
        instrument in a meridian plane. By it the right ascension
        and the declination of a star may be measured in a single
        observation.
  
     Meridian instrument (Astron.), any astronomical instrument
        having a telescope that rotates in a meridian plane.
  
     Meridian of a globe, or Brass meridian, a graduated
        circular ring of brass, in which the artificial globe is
        suspended and revolves.

  meridian
       adj : of or happening at noon; "meridian hour"
       n 1: a town in eastern Mississippi
       2: an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth
          passing through the north and south poles at right angles
          to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the
          same longitude" [syn: longitude, line of longitude]

  meridian
     Romanian n.
     (l en meridian)
     Swedish n.
     1 c (lb sv astronomy geography) a (l en meridian)
     2 c a (l en meridian) (ring or half-ring with markings in which an
  artificial globe is installed and may spin)

  Meridian
     n.
     1 (place en ghost town co/Humboldt County s/California).
     2 (place en unincorporated community co/Kern County s/California).
     3 (place en neighborhood city/San Jose co/Santa Clara County
  s/California).
     4 (place en CDP co/Sutter County s/California c/USA).
     5 (place en unincorporated community/and/census-designated place
  co/Douglas County s/Colorado).
     6 (place en unincorporated community co/Leon County s/Florida).
     7 (place en unincorporated community co/McIntosh County s/Georgia).
     8 (place en sizable city co/Ada County s/Idaho).
     9 (place en city/county seat co/Lauderdale County s/Mississippi
  c/USA).
     10 (place en ghost town co/Jefferson County s/Nebraska).
     11 (place en village co/Cayuga County s/New York).
     12 (place en town co/Logan County s/Oklahoma).
     13 (place en census-designated place co/Stephens County s/Oklahoma).
     14 (place en CDP co/Butler County s/Pennsylvania).
     15 (place en city/county seat co/Bosque County s/Texas c/USA).
     16 (place en neighborhood city/Seattle s/Washington), also known as
  (w Tangletown, Seattle Tangletown).

  meridian
     a.
     1 Relating to a meridian#Noun (''in various senses'');
  meridional#Adjective.
     2 (lb en archaic except literary) Relating to midday or noon#Noun.
     3 (lb en obsolete)
     4 # Relating to the culmination or high#Adjective point#Noun.
     5 # Relating to the south#Noun; meridional, southern#Adjective.
     n.
     1 (lb en astronomy)
     2 # ''In full'' '''celestial meridian''': a great circle pass#Verb
  through the pole#Noun of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a
  particular point#Noun on the Earth's surface#Noun. (from 14th c.)
     3 # (lb en also geography) ''In full'' '''terrestrial meridian''': a
  great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic
  poles (the terrestrial#Adjective North Pole and South Pole); also, half
  of such a circle#Noun extending from pole to pole, all points of which
  have the same longitude. (from 14th c.)
     4 (lb en by extension)
     5 # The place#Noun on the celestial#Adjective meridian where it is
  cross#Verb by the sun#Noun or a star#Noun at its high#Adjective point.
     6 ## (lb en figuratively) The highest or most developed#Adjective
  point, or most splendid stage#Noun, of something; culmination,
  peak#Noun, zenith. (from 16th c.)
     7 ##* (RQ:Shakespeare Henry 8 act=III scene=ii page=221 column=2
  passage=I haue touch'd the higheſt point of all my Greatneſſe, / And
  from that full '''Meridian''' of my Glory, / I haſte novv to my Setting.
  I ſhall fall / Like a bright exhalation in the Euening, / And no man ſee
  me more.)
     8 ##* {RQ:Dryden Fables|chapter=Preface|page=23|passage=(...) ''(w:
  Ovid)'' liv'd vvhen the ''Roman'' Tongue vvas in its '''Meridian''';
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey%20Chaucer, in the Davvning of our
  Language: (...)}
     9 ##* (RQ:Macaulay History of England volume=V chapter=XXIII page=67
  passage=This was the moment at which the fortunes of Montague reached
  the '''meridian'''. The decline was close at hand.)
     10 ## (lb en figuratively specifically) ''Chiefly followed by''
  '''of''': the middle#Adjective period#Noun of someone's life, when they
  are at their full#Adjective ability or strength#Noun; one's prime#Noun.
  (from 17th c.)
     11 ##* (RQ:Bacon Essayes chapter=Of Youth and Age. XLII.
  pages=247–248 pageref=247 passage=Natures that haue much Heat, and great
  and violent deſires and Perturbations, are not ripe for Action, till
  they haue paſſed the '''Meridian''' of their yeares: As it was with
  ''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20Caesar'', and
  ''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius%20Severus''.)
     12 ##* (RQ:Howell Epistolae chapter=LX. To Tho. Young, Esq date=28
  April 1645 section=VI page=284 passage=You ſeem to marvel I do not Marry
  all this vvhile, conſidering that I am paſt the '''''Meridian''''' of my
  Age, and that to you Knovvledge there have been overtures made me of
  Parties above my Degree.)
     13 ##* (RQ:Byron Letters and Journals author=Moore volume=I
  chapter=Notices of the Life of Lord Byron year=1819 page=211 passage=And
  here [Missolonghi],—it is impossible not to pause, and send a mournful
  thought forward to the visit which, fifteen years later, he paid to this
  same spot,—when, in the full '''meridian''' both of his age and fame, he
  came to lay down his life as the champion of that land, through which he
  now wandered a stripling and a stranger.)
     14 # A ring#Noun or half-ring with marking#Noun in which an
  artificial globe is installed and may spin#Verb.
     15 # (lb en mathematics) A line#Noun passing through the poles of any
  sphere; a notional#Adjective line on the surface of a curved#Adjective
  or round#Adjective body#Noun (in particular, an eyeball#Noun). (from
  18th c.)
     16 (lb en US printing dated) The size#Noun of type#Noun between
  double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
     17 (lb en obsolete)
     18 # The south#Noun. (14th–17th c.)
     19 # midday, noon#Noun. (14th–19th c.)
     20 # A midday rest#Noun; a siesta#Noun.
     21 # A particular area or situation considered as having a
  specific#Adjective characteristic#Noun or identity; also, the
  characteristics, habit#Noun, or taste#Noun of a specific group#Noun,
  locale, etc. (16th–19th c.)
     22 # (lb en Scotland) An alcoholic#Adjective drink#Noun take#Verb at
  midday. (18th–19th c.)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause#Verb an object#Noun to reach#Verb the
  meridian#Noun or high#Adjective point#Noun of (something).
     2 (lb en intransitive) Of a celestial body: to reach its meridian.
     n.
     (lb en acupuncture traditional Chinese medicine) Any of the pathways
  on the body along which (l en chi id=life force) or qi (life force) is
  think#Verb to flow#Verb and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed;
  especially, one of twelve such pathways associate#Verb with organs of
  the body. (from 20th c.)

  Meridian
     n.
     1 (place en ghost town co/Humboldt County s/California).
     2 (place en unincorporated community co/Kern County s/California).
     3 (place en neighborhood city/San Jose co/Santa Clara County
  s/California).
     4 (place en CDP co/Sutter County s/California c/USA).
     5 (place en unincorporated community/and/census-designated place
  co/Douglas County s/Colorado).
     6 (place en unincorporated community co/Leon County s/Florida).
     7 (place en unincorporated community co/McIntosh County s/Georgia).
     8 (place en sizable city co/Ada County s/Idaho).
     9 (place en city/county seat co/Lauderdale County s/Mississippi
  c/USA).
     10 (place en ghost town co/Jefferson County s/Nebraska).
     11 (place en village co/Cayuga County s/New York).
     12 (place en town co/Logan County s/Oklahoma).
     13 (place en census-designated place co/Stephens County s/Oklahoma).
     14 (place en CDP co/Butler County s/Pennsylvania).
     15 (place en city/county seat co/Bosque County s/Texas c/USA).
     16 (place en neighborhood city/Seattle s/Washington), also known as
  (w Tangletown, Seattle Tangletown).

  meridian
     Romanian n.
     (l en meridian)
     Swedish n.
     1 c (lb sv astronomy geography) a (l en meridian)
     2 c a (l en meridian) (ring or half-ring with markings in which an
  artificial globe is installed and may spin)

  Meridian
     n.
     1 (place en ghost town co/Humboldt County s/California).
     2 (place en unincorporated community co/Kern County s/California).
     3 (place en neighborhood city/San Jose co/Santa Clara County
  s/California).
     4 (place en CDP co/Sutter County s/California c/USA).
     5 (place en unincorporated community/and/census-designated place
  co/Douglas County s/Colorado).
     6 (place en unincorporated community co/Leon County s/Florida).
     7 (place en unincorporated community co/McIntosh County s/Georgia).
     8 (place en sizable city co/Ada County s/Idaho).
     9 (place en city/county seat co/Lauderdale County s/Mississippi
  c/USA).
     10 (place en ghost town co/Jefferson County s/Nebraska).
     11 (place en village co/Cayuga County s/New York).
     12 (place en town co/Logan County s/Oklahoma).
     13 (place en census-designated place co/Stephens County s/Oklahoma).
     14 (place en CDP co/Butler County s/Pennsylvania).
     15 (place en city/county seat co/Bosque County s/Texas c/USA).
     16 (place en neighborhood city/Seattle s/Washington), also known as
  (w Tangletown, Seattle Tangletown).

  meridian
     Swedish n.
     1 c (lb sv astronomy geography) a (l en meridian)
     2 c a (l en meridian) (ring or half-ring with markings in which an
  artificial globe is installed and may spin)

  Meridian
     n.
     1 (place en ghost town co/Humboldt County s/California).
     2 (place en unincorporated community co/Kern County s/California).
     3 (place en neighborhood city/San Jose co/Santa Clara County
  s/California).
     4 (place en CDP co/Sutter County s/California c/USA).
     5 (place en unincorporated community/and/census-designated place
  co/Douglas County s/Colorado).
     6 (place en unincorporated community co/Leon County s/Florida).
     7 (place en unincorporated community co/McIntosh County s/Georgia).
     8 (place en sizable city co/Ada County s/Idaho).
     9 (place en city/county seat co/Lauderdale County s/Mississippi
  c/USA).
     10 (place en ghost town co/Jefferson County s/Nebraska).
     11 (place en village co/Cayuga County s/New York).
     12 (place en town co/Logan County s/Oklahoma).
     13 (place en census-designated place co/Stephens County s/Oklahoma).
     14 (place en CDP co/Butler County s/Pennsylvania).
     15 (place en city/county seat co/Bosque County s/Texas c/USA).
     16 (place en neighborhood city/Seattle s/Washington), also known as
  (w Tangletown, Seattle Tangletown).

  meridian
     Englanti n.
     meridiaani, pituuspiiri, longitudi

  meridian
     n.
     storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  Meridian
     Tyska n.
     (tagg kat=geografi språk=de) meridian

  meridian
     n.
     storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  Meridian /meʁiˈdi̯aːn/ 
  меридиа́н
  Geografie: Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft

  Meridian /meʁiˈdi̯aːn/ 
  μεσημβρινός
  Geografie: Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft

  Meridian /mˌeːriːdiːˈɑːn/ 
  meridian 
     Synonym: Längenkreis
  

  Meridian /meʁiˈdi̯aːn/ 
  meridiaani, pituuspiiri
  Geografie: Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft

  Meridian /meʁiˈdi̯aːn/ 
  méridien
  Geografie: Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft

  Meridian /meʁiˈdi̯aːn/ 
  lingkaran bujur
  Geografie: Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft

  Meridian /mˌeːriːdiːˈɑːn/
  lengtecirkel, meridiaan

  Meridian /meʁiˈdi̯aːn/ 
  południk
  Geografie: Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft

  Meridian /meʁiˈdi̯aːn/ 
  меридиан
  Geografie: Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft

  Meridian /meʁiˈdi̯aːn/ 
  meridiano
  Geografie: Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft

  Meridian /meʁiˈdi̯aːn/ 
  meridian
  Geografie: Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft

  Meridian /mɛɹˈɪdiən/
  خط الطول

  meridian //məˈɹɪ.di.ən// //məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən// //mɪ-// 
  1. меридиа́н, меридиан
  great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles
  2. зенит
  highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something

  meridian /mɛɹˈɪdiən/ 
  poledník

  meridian /mɛɹˈɪdiən/
  meridián

  meridian /mɛɹˈɪdiən/
  Meridian , Längenkreis  [geogr.]

  meridian /mɛɹˈɪdiən/
  
  απόγειο, μεσημβριανός

  meridian //məˈɹɪ.di.ən// //məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən// //mɪ-// 
  1. meridiaani, pituuspiiri 2.
  great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles
   3.
  half of such a circle extending from pole to pole
  2. meridiaani 2.
  great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth’s surface
   3.
  line passing through the poles of any sphere; notional line on the surface of a curved or round body
  3. korkein aste
  highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something
  4. kanava, meridiaani
  any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow

  meridian /mɛɹˈɪdiən/ 
  1. दोपहर
        "Where will you go in this meridian heat."

  meridian /mɛɹˈɪdiən/
  cvjetanje, meridijan, najviša točka, podnevni, procvat, u naponu snage, u zenitu, vrhunski, zenit

  meridian /mɛɹˈɪdiən/
  1. meridián
  2. déli
  3. tetôpont
  4. csúcspont
  5. délkör
  6. kulmináló
  7. déltájt fogyasztott ital
  8. délvidéki
  9. delelô
  10. tetô-
  11. tetôpontján levô
  12. déli szunyókálás
  13. déli pihenô
  14. tetôfok
  15. tetôzô
  16. tetôponti
  17. legmagasabb
  18. délvidék
  19. meridián-
  20. délköri
  21. dél

  meridian //məˈɹɪ.di.ən// //məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən// //mɪ-// 
  1. 子午線, 経線
  great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles
  2. 経絡, 経絡系
  any of the pathways on the body along which life force is thought to flow

  meridian /məˈrɪdɪən/ 
    południk

  meridian /mɛɹˈɪdiən/ 
  meridiano

  meridian //məˈɹɪ.di.ən// //məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən// //mɪ-// 
  meridian
  great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles

  meridian /mɛɹˈɪdiən/
  1. boylam dairesi, meridyen daire
  2. doruk, zirve
  3. meridyen
  4. dorukta olan
  5. öğle vaktine ait. meridian circle meridyen daire.

  meridian
  meridian

  meridian /mˈeːriːdˌiːan/ 
  меридиан
  storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  meridian /mˈeːriːdˌiːan/ 
  Meridian
  storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  meridian /mˈeːriːdˌiːan/ 
  μεσημβρινός
  storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  meridian /mˈeːriːdˌiːan/ 
  meridiaani
  storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  meridian /mˈeːriːdˌiːan/ 
  méridien
  storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  meridian /mˈeːriːdˌiːan/ 
  meridiano
  storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  meridian /mˈeːriːdˌiːan/ 
  子午線
  storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  meridian /mˈeːriːdˌiːan/ 
  meridiaan, lengtecirkel
  storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  meridian /mˈeːriːdˌiːan/ 
  meridiano
  storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  meridian /mˈeːriːdˌiːan/ 
  меридиан
  storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  meridian /mˈeːriːdˌiːan/ 
  meridiano
  storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  meridian /mˈeːriːdˌiːan/ 
  meridyen
  storcirkel som går genom de geografiska polerna på jorden

  
/mɝˈɪdiən/

  Meridian, NY -- U.S. village in New York
     Population (2000):    350
     Housing Units (2000): 120
     Land area (2000):     0.692018 sq. miles (1.792318 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.692018 sq. miles (1.792318 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            46646
     Located within:       New York (NY), FIPS 36
     Location:             43.163531 N, 76.535045 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Meridian, NY
      Meridian
  

  Meridian, CO -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Colorado
     Population (2000):    184
     Housing Units (2000): 140
     Land area (2000):     7.610856 sq. miles (19.712025 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000962 sq. miles (0.002492 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    7.611818 sq. miles (19.714517 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            50012
     Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
     Location:             39.548714 N, 104.850969 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Meridian, CO
      Meridian
  

  Meridian, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
     Population (2000):    34919
     Housing Units (2000): 12293
     Land area (2000):     11.788751 sq. miles (30.532723 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    11.788751 sq. miles (30.532723 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            52120
     Located within:       Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
     Location:             43.614229 N, 116.398963 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     83642
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Meridian, ID
      Meridian
  

  Meridian, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    54
     Housing Units (2000): 31
     Land area (2000):     0.198858 sq. miles (0.515041 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.198858 sq. miles (0.515041 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            47800
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             35.843545 N, 97.246625 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     73058
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Meridian, OK
      Meridian
  

  Meridian, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    1485
     Housing Units (2000): 643
     Land area (2000):     7.631141 sq. miles (19.764563 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.009790 sq. miles (0.025357 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    7.640931 sq. miles (19.789920 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            47810
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             34.416951 N, 97.969636 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     73058
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Meridian, OK
      Meridian
  

  Meridian, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
     Population (2000):    3794
     Housing Units (2000): 1524
     Land area (2000):     2.836236 sq. miles (7.345817 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.004892 sq. miles (0.012669 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.841128 sq. miles (7.358486 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            48728
     Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
     Location:             40.854415 N, 79.956359 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Meridian, PA
      Meridian
  

  Meridian, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
     Population (2000):    1491
     Housing Units (2000): 600
     Land area (2000):     2.163088 sq. miles (5.602372 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.005137 sq. miles (0.013304 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.168225 sq. miles (5.615676 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            47760
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             31.924649 N, 97.656668 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     76665
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Meridian, TX
      Meridian
  

  Meridian, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi
     Population (2000):    39968
     Housing Units (2000): 17890
     Land area (2000):     45.117740 sq. miles (116.854406 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.752075 sq. miles (1.947864 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    45.869815 sq. miles (118.802270 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            46640
     Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
     Location:             32.374841 N, 88.704160 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     39301 39305 39307
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Meridian, MS
      Meridian
  

  184 Moby Thesaurus words for "meridian":
     Antarctic Zone, Arctic Circle, Arctic Zone, Frigid Zones,
     Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection,
     Miller projection, Torrid Zone, Tropic of Cancer,
     Tropic of Capricorn, Variable Zones, acmatic, acme,
     aeronautical chart, apex, aphelion, apical, apogee,
     astronomical chart, astronomical longitude, atlas,
     autumnal equinox, azimuthal equidistant projection,
     azimuthal projection, brow, cap, capital, cartographer,
     cartography, celestial chart, celestial equator, celestial globe,
     celestial longitude, celestial meridian, chart, chief,
     chorographer, chorography, circle, climate, climatic chart, climax,
     clime, cloud nine, colures, conic projection, consummate,
     contour line, contour map, crest, crown, culmen, culmination,
     cylindrical projection, ecliptic, edge, eight bells, equator,
     equinoctial, equinoctial circle, equinoctial colure, equinox,
     extreme limit, extremity, galactic longitude,
     general reference map, geocentric longitude, geodetic longitude,
     globe, gnomonic projection, graphic scale, great circle, grid line,
     hachure, head, headmost, heaven, heavens, height,
     heliocentric longitude, heliographic chart, high noon, highest,
     highest pitch, highest point, horse latitudes, hydrographic chart,
     index, isoline, latitude, layer tint, legend, limit, longitude,
     longitude in arc, map, map maker, map projection, mapper, maximal,
     maximum, meridiem, meridional, midday, mountaintop, ne plus ultra,
     no place higher, noon, noonday, nooning, noonish, noonlight,
     noonlit, noontide, noontime, orbit, overmost, parallel, paramount,
     peak, perigee, perihelion, period, photogrammetrist,
     photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map, pinnacle,
     pitch, point, pole, political map, polyconic projection,
     preeminent, prime meridian, projection, relief map,
     representative fraction, ridge, road map, roaring forties, scale,
     seventh heaven, sinusoidal projection, sky, small circle,
     solstitial colure, special map, spire, subtropics, summit,
     summital, supreme, terrain map, terrestrial globe, the line,
     thematic map, tip, tip-top, top, topmost, topographer,
     topographic chart, topography, trajectory, transportation map,
     tropic, tropics, ultimate, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost,
     utmost, vernal equinox, vertex, vertical, very top, weather chart,
     weather map, zenith, zenithal, zodiac, zone
  
  

  n. 子午线,经线,顶点;
  a. 子午线的,日中的,顶点的;

     n. 子午线,经线,顶点
     a. 子午线的,日中的,顶点的