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
He disappeared behind the weeds covering the steep embankment of the meridian.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
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
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
All the meridians of energy that ran across the Great Wood buckled beneath her touch.
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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