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"In full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface."
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"ref": "1746 March 31 (Gregorian calendar), James Ferguson, “VI. The Phænomena of Venus, Represented in an Orrery Made by James Ferguson, Agreeable to the Observations of Seignior Bianchini.”, in Philosophical Transactions. Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, volume XLIV, number 479, London: […] T. Woodward, […] ; and C. Davis […] printers to the Royal Society, →DOI, →OCLC, paragraph 15, page 140",
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"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
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],
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"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
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},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "meridiaan"
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{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "pituuspiiri"
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{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "meridiaani"
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{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "méridien"
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{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiano"
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{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "meridiani",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "მერიდიანი"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Meridian"
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{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mesimvrinós",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μεσημβρινός"
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{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mesēmbrinós",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μεσημβρινός"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "meridian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מרידיאן"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "hosszúsági kör"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "délkör"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fadlíne"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiano"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"alt": "けいせん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keisen",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "経線"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"alt": "しごせん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shigosen",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "子午線"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeongseon",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "경선"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"alt": "子午線",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jaoseon",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "자오선"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridianus"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiāns"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dienovidinis"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "meridijan",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "меридијан"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridian"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridian"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nesf-ol-nahâr",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "نصفالنهار"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nimruzân",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "نیمروزان"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "południk"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiano"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "meridian"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "meridián",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "меридиа́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "domhan-loidhne"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "меридијан"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridijan"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poludník"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poldnevnik"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiano"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "meridian"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "meridyen"
},
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"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pivdénnyk",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "півде́нник"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "merydián",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "меридіа́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 33 7 7 3 16 2 0 2 1 1 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "kinh tuyến"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 49 2 6 5 8 5 0 6 3 3 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "half of such a circle extending from pole to pole",
"word": "meridiano"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 49 2 6 5 8 5 0 6 3 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "half of such a circle extending from pole to pole",
"word": "pituuspiiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 49 2 6 5 8 5 0 6 3 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "half of such a circle extending from pole to pole",
"word": "meridiaani"
}
]
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"The place on the celestial meridian where it is crossed by the sun or a star at its highest point.",
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],
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "korkein aste"
},
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"_dis1": "10 12 39 6 5 6 5 0 6 3 6 3",
"code": "el",
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"roman": "apógeio",
"sense": "highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "απώγειο"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 12 39 6 5 6 5 0 6 3 6 3",
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"sense": "highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith",
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"neuter"
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"The place on the celestial meridian where it is crossed by the sun or a star at its highest point.",
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[
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[
"artificial",
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[
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[
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"install"
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[
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],
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"A line passing through the poles of any sphere; a notional line on the surface of a curved or round body (in particular, an eyeball)."
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[
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[
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],
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "line passing through the poles of any sphere; notional line on the surface of a curved or round body",
"word": "meridiaani"
}
]
},
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},
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Printing",
"orig": "en:Printing",
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"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
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],
"id": "en-meridian-en-noun-Gh4bhWvW",
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"printing",
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[
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[
"type",
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[
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[
"canon",
"canon"
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[
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],
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "44-point type",
"word": "trimégiste"
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"sense": "44-point type",
"word": "Sabon"
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"The south."
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[
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"The place on the celestial meridian where it is crossed by the sun or a star at its highest point.",
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"sciences"
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"English dated terms",
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"The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point."
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"printing",
"publishing"
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"The south."
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],
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"(obsolete)",
"The south."
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"Midday, noon."
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"Midday, noon."
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{
"word": "midday"
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"A midday rest; a siesta."
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"A particular area or situation considered as having a specific characteristic or identity; also, the characteristics, habits, or tastes of a specific group, locale, etc."
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"Scottish English"
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"An alcoholic drink taken at midday."
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"ipa": "/mɪ-/",
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth’s surface",
"word": "meridiano"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth’s surface",
"word": "meridiaani"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth’s surface",
"word": "meridian"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵaṭṭ aṭ-ṭūl",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "خَطّ الطُّول"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "miǰōreakan",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "միջօրեական"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "meridian"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "meridiano"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mjerydyján",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мерыдыя́н"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "meridián",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "меридиа́н"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridià"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "經綫"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīngxiàn",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "经线"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poledník"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "meridian"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiaan"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "meridiano"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "meridiaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "pituuspiiri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "meridiaani"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "méridien"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiano"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "meridiani",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "მერიდიანი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Meridian"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mesimvrinós",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μεσημβρινός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mesēmbrinós",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μεσημβρινός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "meridian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מרידיאן"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "hosszúsági kör"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "délkör"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fadlíne"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiano"
},
{
"alt": "けいせん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keisen",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "経線"
},
{
"alt": "しごせん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shigosen",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "子午線"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeongseon",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "경선"
},
{
"alt": "子午線",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jaoseon",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "자오선"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridianus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiāns"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dienovidinis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "meridijan",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "меридијан"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridian"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridian"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nesf-ol-nahâr",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "نصفالنهار"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nimruzân",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "نیمروزان"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "południk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiano"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "meridian"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "meridián",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "меридиа́н"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "domhan-loidhne"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "меридијан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridijan"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poludník"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poldnevnik"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meridiano"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "meridian"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "meridyen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pivdénnyk",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "півде́нник"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "merydián",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "меридіа́н"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "great circle on the Earth’s surface, passing through the geographic poles",
"word": "kinh tuyến"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "half of such a circle extending from pole to pole",
"word": "meridiano"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "half of such a circle extending from pole to pole",
"word": "pituuspiiri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "half of such a circle extending from pole to pole",
"word": "meridiaani"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zenit",
"sense": "highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зенит"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith",
"word": "korkein aste"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apógeio",
"sense": "highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "απώγειο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mesouránima",
"sense": "highest or most developed point, or most splendid stage, of something — see also culmination, peak, zenith",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μεσουράνημα"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "line passing through the poles of any sphere; notional line on the surface of a curved or round body",
"word": "meridiano"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "line passing through the poles of any sphere; notional line on the surface of a curved or round body",
"word": "meridiaani"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "44-point type",
"word": "trimégiste"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "44-point type",
"word": "Sabon"
}
],
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"Romanian terms derived from French"
],
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"meridian"
],
"links": [
[
"meridian",
"meridian#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "meridian"
}
{
"categories": [
"Swedish common-gender nouns",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish nouns"
],
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-infl-noun-c-er",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "meridian",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "meridianen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "meridianer",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "meridianerna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "meridians",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "meridianens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "meridianers",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "meridianernas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"g": "c",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "meridian c",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "c"
},
"expansion": "meridian c",
"name": "sv-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "sv-infl-noun-c-er"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"sv:Astronomy",
"sv:Geography"
],
"glosses": [
"a meridian"
],
"links": [
[
"astronomy",
"astronomy"
],
[
"geography",
"geography"
],
[
"meridian",
"meridian#English"
]
],
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"(astronomy, geography) a meridian"
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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"astronomy",
"geography",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a meridian (ring or half-ring with markings in which an artificial globe is installed and may spin)"
],
"links": [
[
"meridian",
"meridian#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"word": "meridian"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine",
"path": [
"meridian"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "meridian",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine",
"path": [
"meridian"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "meridian",
"trace": ""
}
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