Meridian

me-rid't-an, n. Midday noon the high- Merganser, est point, as of succe , prosperity, etc.; culmination. (Astron.) A great circle of the celestial sphere pa ing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. (Geog.) An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth, pa ing through the poles and any given place. — a. Pert, to the meridian, or to midday, or to the highest point or culmination. [F. meridien, L. meridian us, pert, to noon, fr. meridies, noon, medius, middle, and dies, day.] ^Magnetic meridian. A great circle, pa ing through the zenith and coinciding in direction with the magnetic needle, or a line on the earth's surface, having the same direction. —M. of a globe, or bra m. A graduated circular ring of* bra , in which the artificial globe is suspended and revolves. — Meridional, -T-un-al, a. Pert, to the meridian having a southern aspect southern, southerly. [OF.] — Merid'ionaKity, n. State of being in the meridian; position in, or aspect toward, the south.