meridian

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

The Distracted Globe was located at the western-hemisphere intersection of the Boulevard and the Avenue, two brightly lit streets that stretched completely around the planet along its equator and prime meridian.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

She felt the meridians of energy springing back like strings snapping into position; it made her skin feel red, chapped, as though she had been scoured by a dry wind.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo