What is the meaning of Meridian?

noun

  • The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.
    • usage: "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "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"
  • A town in eastern Mississippi.
  • An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator.
    • usage: "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"

adjective

  • Of or happening at noon.
    • usage: "meridian hour"
  • Being at the best stage of development."our manhood's prime vigor- Robert Browning
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