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meridian

[muh-rid-ee-uhn] / məˈrɪd i ən /


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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

About six weeks before I first arrived there, he had shown X-ray diffraction pictures of DNA which revealed a marked absence of reflections on the meridian.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

Gua sha allows for targeted massage to release tension along muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia of the face and neck so that qi can flow properly through the meridians, thereby restoring balance.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2024

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

"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

All the meridians of energy that ran across the Great Wood buckled beneath her touch.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo




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