Meridian

me-rid'Y-an, n. Midday; noon; the highest point, as of succe , prosperity, etc.; culmination. Merganser. (Astron.) A great circle of the celestial sphere ing through the poles of the heavens and the of a given place. (Geog.) An imaginary great cle on the surface of the earth, pa ing through poles and any given place. — a. Pert, to the ian, or to midday, or to the highest -point or nation.