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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 166 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MERIDIAN (from the See also:
LAT
Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the See also:
SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)
south or See also:
MID
mid-See also:
DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)
day) , in See also:

general a direction toward the south or toward the position of the See also:

sun at mid-day. The terrestrial meridian of a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is the See also:

GREAT

great circle See also:

DRAWN

drawn on the See also:

earth's See also:

SURFACE

surface from either See also:

pole through the place. As determined astronomically the See also:

CELESTIAL, OR STELLAR

celestial meridian is the great circle passing through the celestial pole and the See also:

ZENITH (from the Arabic)

zenith. The terrestrial meridian as practically determined is the circle on the earth's surface in which the See also:

PLANE

plane of the celestial meridian cuts that surface. Owing to See also:

LOCAL

local deviations of the plumb-See also:

LINE

line the meridian thus determined does not strictly coincide with the terrestrial meridian as ordinarily defined, but the deviation, though perceptible in mountainous regions, is so See also:

minute that it is generally ignored.

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