| NOUN | state | meridian, acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top | the highest level or degree attainable |
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| location | Meridian | a town in eastern Mississippi | |
| location | meridian, line of longitude | an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator | |
| ADJECTIVE | pert | meridian | of or happening / happening at noon |
| all | meridian, prime | being at the best stage / stage of development |
| Sounds | merih'diyahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Of or happening / happening at noon. | |
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| Example | "meridian hour" | |
| Spanish | meridiano | |
| Nouns | noon | the middle of the day |
| Meaning | At the best stage / stage of development. | |
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| Synonym | prime | |
| Broader | mature | Having reached full natural growth or development |
| Nouns | meridian | the highest level or degree attainable |
| Meaning | The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. | |
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| Synonyms | acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top | |
| Broader | degree, level, stage, point | A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process |
| Spanish | apogeo, auge, cima, cúspide, pico, súmmum, superlativo, tiptop | |
| Catalan | apogeu, caramull, cim, súmmum, tiptop | |
| Adjectives | meridian | being at the best stage / stage of development |
| Meaning | A town in eastern Mississippi. | |
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| Instance of | town | An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city |
| Part of | Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS, Miss. | A state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico |
| Meaning | An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator. | |
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| Example | "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude" | |
| Synonym | line of longitude | |
| Instances | dateline, date line, International Date Line | An imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian |
| Narrower | magnetic meridian | An imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth |
| observer's meridian | A meridian that passes through the observer's zenith | |
| prime meridian | meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England) | |
| Broader | great circle | A circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center |
| Spanish | meridiano | |
| Catalan | meridià | |
| Adjectives | meridional | of or relating to a meridian |
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