meridian as a noun: - 1
Meridian - 2
meridian - 3
as an adjective: - 1
- 2
meridian
noun
1 meridian
The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.
synonyms: acme, elevation, height, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top.
Roget 210:
summit,
summity†;
top,
peak,
vertex,
apex,
zenith,
pinnacle,
acme,
culmination,
meridian,
utmost height,
ne plus utra,
height,
pitch,
maximum,
climax,
culminating point,
crowning point,
turning point;
turn of the tide,
fountain head;
water shed,
water parting;
sky,
pole.
tip,
tip top;
crest,
crow's nest,
cap,
truck,
nib;
end
etc.
67;
crown,
brow;
head,
nob†,
noddle†,
pate;
capsheaf†.
high places,
heights.
topgallant mast,
sky scraper;
quarter deck,
hurricane deck.
architrave,
frieze,
cornice,
coping stone,
zoophorus†,
capital,
epistyle†,
sconce,
pediment,
entablature†;
tympanum;
ceiling
etc.
(covering)
223.
attic,
loft,
garret,
house top,
upper story.
[metaphorical use]
summit conference,
summit;
peak of achievement,
peak of performance;
peaks and troughs,
peaks and valleys
(in graphs).
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Roget 181:
region,
sphere,
ground,
soil,
area,
field,
realm,
hemisphere,
quarter,
district,
beat,
orb,
circuit,
circle;
reservation,
pale
etc.
(limit)
233;
compartment,
department;
clearing.
[political divisions: see]
(property)
etc.
780
(Government)
etc.
737.1
arena,
precincts,
enceinte,
walk,
march;
patch,
plot,
parcel,
inclosure,
close,
field,
court;
enclave,
reserve,
preserve;
street
etc.
(abode)
189.
clime,
climate,
zone,
meridian,
latitude.
biosphere;
lithosphere.
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Roget 125:
morning,
morn,
forenoon,
a. m.,
prime,
dawn,
daybreak;
dayspring†,
foreday†,
sunup;
peep of day,
break of day;
aurora;
first blush of the morning,
first flush of the morning,
prime of the morning;
twilight,
crepuscule,
sunrise;
cockcrow,
cockcrowing†;
the small hours,
the wee hours of the morning.
spring;
vernal equinox,
first point of Aries.
noon;
midday,
noonday;
noontide,
meridian,
prime;
nooning,
noontime.
summer,
midsummer.
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Dutch: overtreffende trap, spits, hoogtepunt, toppunt, top
Polish: kulminacja
2 Meridian
A town in eastern Mississippi.
3 meridian
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.
synonym: line of longitude.
Polish: południk
adjective
1 meridian
Of or happening at noon.
Roget 420:
shining
etc.
v.;
luminous,
luminiferous†;
lucid,
lucent,
luculent†,
lucific†,
luciferous;
light,
lightsome;
bright,
vivid,
splendent†,
nitid†,
lustrous,
shiny,
beamy†,
scintillant†,
radiant,
lambent;
sheen,
sheeny;
glossy,
burnished,
glassy,
sunny,
orient,
meridian;
noonday,
tide;
cloudless,
clear;
unclouded,
unobscured†.
gairish†,
garish;
resplendent,
transplendent†;
refulgent,
effulgent;
fulgid†,
fulgent†;
relucent†,
splendid,
blazing,
in a blaze,
ablaze,
rutilant†,
meteoric,
phosphorescent;
aglow.
bright as silver;
light as day,
bright as day,
light as noonday,
bright as noonday,
bright as the sun at noonday.
actinic;
photogenic,
graphic;
heliographic;
heliophagous†.
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Roget 210:
highest
etc.
(high)
etc.
206;
top;
top most,
upper most;
tiptop;
culminating
etc.
v.;
meridian,
meridional†;
capital,
head,
polar,
supreme,
supernal,
topgallant.
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Polish: południowy
2 meridian
Being at the best stage of development.
synonym: prime.
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