MERIDIAN


Meaning of MERIDIAN in English

noun

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By the late 1870s, the hundredth meridian had been fatefully crossed.

Even if you are sceptical about meridians, there's no denying that the roller gives an enjoyable massage.

Ptolemy was free, however, to lay his prime meridian , the zero-degree longitude line, wherever he liked.

Seventh, there may be blocks to the flow of electrical energy in the acupuncture meridians.

She marked the meridians, numbered the latitudes and longitudes, and added a curlicue of compass points to make it navigable.

The flows of life energy in the body along the meridians are thus adjusted and balanced at certain very carefully chosen spots.

The measurement of longitude meridians, in comparison, is tempered by time.

The placement of the prime meridian is a purely political decision.

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