meridian
n. 子午圈; 子午線; 頂點; (權力,成就等的)全盛時期
A meridian is an imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole. Meridians are drawn on maps to help you describe the position of a place.
1. an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator;
1. of or happening at noon;
All places on the same meridian have the same longitude.
在同一子午線上的地方都有相同的經度.
He is now at the meridian of his intellectual power.
他現在正值智力全盛期.
Terrestrial longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the Greenwich meridian.
地球的經度是用格林尼治子午線向東或向西的度數來表示的.
He was at the meridian of his power then.
那時他獲得了最高權力.
Every place on the same meridian has the same longitude.
同一經線上的地方其經度相同.