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meridian science definition

  1. An imaginary line forming a great circle that passes through the Earth's North and South geographic poles.
  2. Either half of such a circle from pole to pole. All the places on the same meridian have the same longitude. See illustration at longitude.
  3. See celestial meridian.

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