Look up Meridian or meridian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Meridian or a meridian line (from Latin meridies via Old French meridiane, meaning “midday”)...
6 KB (763 words) - 18:41, 29 June 2024
Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West is a 1985 epic historical novel by American author Cormac McCarthy, classified under the Western, or...
46 KB (5,525 words) - 20:12, 22 November 2024
a meridian is the locus connecting points of equal longitude, which is the angle (in degrees or other units) east or west of a given prime meridian (currently...
18 KB (2,279 words) - 15:05, 31 October 2024
0° A prime meridian is an arbitrarily chosen meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°. Together...
60 KB (4,777 words) - 22:16, 9 October 2024
4778111°N 0.0014750°W / 51.4778111; -0.0014750 The Greenwich meridian is a prime meridian, a geographical reference line that passes through the Royal...
14 KB (1,509 words) - 22:58, 16 September 2024
Meridian may refer to: Meridian, Logan County, Oklahoma, town Meridian, Stephens County, Oklahoma, CDP Indian meridian, governs the surveys in Oklahoma...
343 bytes (75 words) - 02:11, 10 January 2019
(secondary coordinates) The 180th meridian or antimeridian is the meridian 180° both east and west of the prime meridian in a geographical coordinate system...
7 KB (391 words) - 18:13, 21 August 2024
Meridian is the eighth most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, with a population of 35,052 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Lauderdale...
142 KB (13,509 words) - 04:46, 20 November 2024
long-standing rival to the Greenwich meridian as the prime meridian of the world. The "Paris meridian arc" or "French meridian arc" (French: la Méridienne de...
33 KB (3,940 words) - 22:40, 5 October 2024
The meridian system (simplified Chinese: 经络; traditional Chinese: 經絡; pinyin: jīngluò, also called channel network) is a pseudoscientific concept from...
15 KB (1,361 words) - 12:42, 22 November 2024
In astronomy, the meridian is the great circle passing through the celestial poles, as well as the zenith and nadir of an observer's location. Consequently...
4 KB (417 words) - 14:51, 20 August 2024
Meridian is a city located in Ada County, Idaho, United States. The population was 117,635 at the 2020 census, making it the 2nd most populous city in...
29 KB (2,649 words) - 19:58, 11 August 2024
Central meridian may mean: Central meridian (astronomy), the meridian that goes through the centre of the body's disc as seen from the point of view of...
496 bytes (104 words) - 18:38, 29 June 2024
Lake Meridian is a fresh-water lake located in the city of Kent, Washington. One among the few lakes in King County allowing motorized boating, Lake Meridian...
3 KB (212 words) - 01:14, 25 January 2024
Judge Holden (section Blood Meridian)
was popularized as the main antagonist of Cormac McCarthy's novel Blood Meridian (1985), where he is described as "a massive, hairless, albino man who excels...
14 KB (1,476 words) - 08:53, 18 November 2024
100th meridian may refer to: 100th meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian 100th meridian west, a line of longitude west of...
311 bytes (61 words) - 14:33, 31 March 2013
Meridian is a comic book series published by CrossGen Comics. It was written by Barbara Kesel, and penciled by a number of artists including Joshua Middleton...
5 KB (585 words) - 20:44, 31 August 2024
Meridian is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The CDP...
9 KB (436 words) - 14:01, 31 July 2024
ITV Meridian (previously Meridian Broadcasting) is the holder of the ITV franchise for the South and South East of England. The station was launched at...
45 KB (4,163 words) - 12:10, 11 July 2024
ASMR (redirect from Auto-Sensory Meridian Response)
An autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a tingling sensation that usually begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine...
71 KB (6,895 words) - 14:52, 22 November 2024
Longitude (redirect from Meridian of longitude)
lambda (λ). Meridians are imaginary semicircular lines running from pole to pole that connect points with the same longitude. The prime meridian defines 0°...
38 KB (4,437 words) - 08:45, 22 November 2024
Meridian Hills is a town in Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana, about 8 miles (13 km) north of downtown Indianapolis. It had a population of 1...
9 KB (879 words) - 23:52, 29 April 2024
Willamette Stone (redirect from Willamette meridian)
the United States to mark the intersection and origin of the Willamette meridian and Willamette baseline. It replaced a cedar stake placed by the Surveyor...
10 KB (1,186 words) - 19:21, 17 July 2024
Meridian, California may refer to: Meridian, Humboldt County, California Meridian, Kern County, California Meridian, Santa Clara County, California Meridian...
343 bytes (71 words) - 01:57, 5 December 2023
Nortel Meridian is a private branch exchange telephone switching system. It provides advanced voice features, data connectivity, LAN communications, computer...
13 KB (1,324 words) - 15:39, 8 May 2024
American Southwest, where he researched and wrote his fifth novel, Blood Meridian (1985). Although it initially garnered a lukewarm critical and commercial...
87 KB (7,681 words) - 17:51, 24 November 2024
1st meridian may refer to: 1st meridian east, a line of longitude east of the Greenwich Meridian 1st meridian west, a line of longitude west of the Greenwich...
584 bytes (114 words) - 23:41, 9 September 2024
Latitude (section Meridian distance)
at the meridians; and the angle between any one meridian plane and that through Greenwich (the Prime Meridian) defines the longitude: meridians are lines...
47 KB (6,184 words) - 12:15, 14 November 2024
Meridian Charter Township is a charter township of Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of...
12 KB (1,062 words) - 00:00, 2 June 2024
Meridian Audio is a consumer audio and home theatre equipment manufacturer based in the United Kingdom. Bob Stuart and Allen Boothroyd founded the company...
17 KB (1,506 words) - 08:54, 17 November 2024