meridian
meridian is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.
- adjective. Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor.
- adjective. Midday; noon.
- adjective. Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination.
- adjective. 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.
- adjective. 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.
- noun. 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"
- noun. a town in eastern Mississippi
- noun. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
"his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"
"the artist's gifts are at their acme"
- adjective. being at the best stage of development- Robert Browning
"our manhood's prime vigor"
- adjective. of or happening at noon
"meridian hour"
Synonyms
acme, elevation, height, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top, prime
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