meridian
/məˈrɪdiən/
adjective
- Relating to the highest point or peak, especially of the sun or of success.
- The meridian sun was so hot that everyone sought shade.
- He felt a meridian sense of achievement after winning the award.
- The garden looked beautiful in the meridian light of midday.
noun
- An imaginary line on the Earth's surface that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole, used to measure longitude.
- The prime meridian passes through Greenwich, England.
- Navigators use the meridian to calculate their position at sea.
- Each meridian is numbered to show degrees of longitude east or west.
- The highest point or peak of something, such as success, power, or the sun's position in the sky.
- Her popularity was at its meridian during the 1990s.
- The sun reaches its meridian at noon, directly overhead.
- At the meridian of his career, he was the most famous actor in the world.
- In traditional Chinese medicine, a pathway in the body through which energy (qi) flows.
- The practitioner explained how blocked meridians can cause illness.
- Massage therapy often targets the meridians to improve energy flow.
- Acupuncture works by stimulating specific points along the body's meridians.
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