meridian
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The route from New York to Istanbul to Santiago would have tacked on two unnecessary crossings of the prime meridian.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2024
Since early September, they had logged nearly 12,000 miles aboard the Offshore Surveyor, crisscrossing the equator near the 180th meridian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
The line, which for centuries has fallen roughly along the 100th meridian, has moved east by about 140 miles since the late 1800s.
From Scientific American ● May 11, 2023
"It seems a little incriminating," he said, explaining that he had pulled it out of a grassy meridian and torn it up.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2022
As I settle in, I note that the sun has crossed the meridian.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Mapmakers long chose their own east-west dividing lines, which are called meridians, a word derived from the Latin for “midday.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
The movements help with blood circulation and the body’s meridians — which in Chinese medicine refer to the pathways that energy, or qi, flows through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
"It's a mutual, joint-stock world, in all meridians," Ishmael imagines Queequeg saying at one point in the novel.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2021
Acupuncture’s specialized needle placements restore the balance of yin and yang by reducing disruptions along the meridians, improving the flow of qi and promoting healing.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2021
When he approached her, she felt his curiosity ripple through the meridians between them, and then it sharpened, his eyes focusing on her.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
Vocabulary lists containing meridian
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Christopher Columbus' Diary: The First Voyage
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Human Geography - Middle School
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