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
“Mr. Rochester, I have just discovered the sun is far declined from its meridian, and Pilot is actually gone home to his dinner. Let me look at your watch.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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
"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
The terrestrial poles, equator, and meridians will be projected as dark shadows on the celestial sphere, giving us the system of coordinates in the sky.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
The meridians are perpendicular to the parallels on the surface of the globe; that is, they meet at right angles, or ninety degrees.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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