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Definition meridian in British English

meridian noun

[countable] noun
/məˈrɪdiən/
1

one of the imaginary lines that goes around the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. These are used for measuring position, time etc.

1.1

this line represented as a line on a map

Example

the Greenwich meridian

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Definition meridian in British English