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Meridian   /mərˈɪdiən/   Listen
Meridian

noun
1.
The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.  Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top.  "The artist's gifts are at their acme" , "At the height of her career" , "The peak of perfection" , "Summer was at its peak" , "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame" , "The summit of his ambition" , "So many highest superlatives achieved by man" , "At the top of his profession"
2.
A town in eastern Mississippi.
3.
An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator.  Synonym: line of longitude.
adjective
1.
Of or happening at noon.
2.
Being at the best stage of development.  Synonym: prime.



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"Meridian" Quotes from Famous Books



... of expectation plays with his lips. He looks forward to long years of joy to come; his spirit burns within him when he hears of great men and mighty deeds; he longs to mount the hill of ambition, to tread the path of honor, to hear the shouts of applause. Look at him again. He is now in the meridian of life; care has stamped its wrinkles upon his brow; disappointment has dimmed the lustre of his eye; sorrow has thrown its gloom upon his countenance. He looks backward upon the waking dreams of his youth, and sighs for their futility. Each revolving year seems to diminish something ...
— Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 • Various
... ever recovering it again: however, I worked hard, till indeed my strength was almost exhausted; and kept my boat as much to the northward, that is, towards the side of the current which the eddy lay on, as possibly I could; when about noon, as the sun passed the meridian, I thought I felt a little breeze of wind in my face, springing up from the S.S.E. This cheered my heart a little, and especially when in about half an hour more it blew a pretty small gentle gale. By this time I was gotten at a frightful distance from ...
— The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) • Daniel Defoe
... early dawn; and the heat had become intolerable long ere the sun had gained the meridian. It was rendered still more oppressive from the want of air in the dense bushes through which we occasionally moved. At 2 p.m. the thermometer stood at 129 degrees of Fahrenheit, in the shade; and at 149 ...
— Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete • Charles Sturt
... battle might take place at a late hour; for it was not until the seventh hour that the battalions of infantry charged the wings. It was considerably later before the battle reached the centres, so that the heat from the meridian sun, and the fatigue of standing under arms, together with hunger and thirst, enfeebled their bodies before they engaged the enemy. Thus they stood still, supporting themselves upon their shields. In addition to their other misfortunes, the elephants too, terrified at the tumultuous kind ...
— History of Rome, Vol III • Titus Livius
... promptly make surveys of land ordered by courts, and return true plat and certificate thereof; establish meridian line; ...
— Civil Government of Virginia • William F. Fox


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