Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 9 compound words that contain meridian. The most common are listed below. Open meridian in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- prime meridianThe reference line at 0° longitude, passing through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is measured.
- autonomous sensory meridian responseA frisson characterized by a tingling sensation on the skin that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine.
- Ferro meridianA meridian formerly used as a prime meridian; now defined as 18.160792° west.
- standard meridianThe meridian used for determining standard time.
- zero meridianSynonym of prime meridian: The reference line at 0° longitude, passing through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is measured.
- Greenwich meridianSynonym of prime meridian: The reference line at 0° longitude, passing through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is measured.
- meridian fennelSynonym of caraway (Carum carvi)
- Washington Meridian TimeSynonym of Washington Mean Time: The time at the meridian through the center of the former dome atop the main building at the former US Naval Observatory at Washington, D.C.
- meridian termitemagnetic termite
- meridian termitesplural of meridian termite: magnetic termite
- autonomous sensory meridian responsesplural of autonomous sensory meridian response: A frisson characterized by a tingling sensation on the skin that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine.
Compound words 9
- antimeridianThe reference line at 180° longitude, on the opposite side of earth to the prime meridian.
- transmeridianAcross the meridian.
- circummeridianAbout or around the meridian.
- extrameridianOutside of the meridian.
- hemimeridianEither half of the curved surface of a cornea
- semimeridianThe intersection of a surface of revolution and a half-plane through its centre
- antemeridianOf or relating to morning; that happens in the morning.
- meridianallyAlong the lines of meridian, longitudinally.
- postmeridianof or pertaining to the afternoon