Meridian vs. Longitude

Meridiannoun

(obsolete) The south.

Longitudenoun

(geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.

Meridiannoun

(obsolete) Midday, noon.

Longitudenoun

Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.

Meridiannoun

(astronomy) A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the earth's surface.

Longitudenoun

(archaic) Length.

Meridiannoun

An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles, or that half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude.

Longitudenoun

Length; measure or distance along the longest line; - distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense.

‘The longitude of their cloaks.’; ‘Mine [shadow] spindling into longitude immense.’;

Meridiannoun

(figuratively) The highest or most developed point of something; culmination, splendour.

Longitudenoun

The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74° or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich.

Meridiannoun

(obsolete) A particular area or situation considered as having a specific identity or characteristic; the tastes or habits of a specific locale, group etc.

Longitudenoun

The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is 79°.

Meridiannoun

The middle period of someone's life, when they are at full strength or abilities; one's prime.

Longitudenoun

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’;

Meridiannoun

(mathematics) A line passing through the poles of any sphere; a notional line on the surface of a round or curved body.

Longitude

Longitude (, AU and UK also ) is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the Earth's surface, or the surface of a celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek letter lambda (λ).

Meridiannoun

A dram drunk at midday.

Meridiannoun

Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed.

Meridiannoun

The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.

Meridianadjective

Meridional; relating to a meridian.

Meridianadjective

Relating to noon

Meridianadjective

Relating to the highest point or culmination.

Meridianadjective

Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.

‘Tables . . . to find the altitude meridian.’;

Meridianadjective

Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor.

Meridiannoun

Midday; noon.

Meridiannoun

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 gloryI haste now to my setting.’;

Meridiannoun

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.

Meridiannoun

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.

‘All other knowledge merely serves the concerns of this life, and is fitted to the meridian thereof.’;

Meridiannoun

a town in eastern Mississippi

Meridiannoun

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’;

Meridianadjective

of or happening at noon;

‘meridian hour’;