adj midday; noon.
2. meridian ·adj pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor.
3. meridian ·adj hence: the highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination.
4. meridian ·adj being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.
5. meridian ·adj a great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. it is crossed by the sun at midday.
6. meridian ·adj a great circle on the surface of the earth, passing through the poles and any given place; also, the half of such a circle included between the poles.