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meridian noun

  /məˈɹɪ.di.ən/ , /məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən/ , /mɪ-/
  • (also, geography) In full terrestrial meridian: a great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles (the terrestrial North Pole and South Pole); also, half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude. [from 14th c.]
 меридиа́н, меридиан

meridian noun

  /məˈɹɪ.di.ən/ , /məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən/ , /mɪ-/
  • (acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which chi or qi (life force) is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed; especially, one of twelve such pathways associated with organs of the body. [from 20th c.]
 меридиа́н
prime meridian
Гри́нвичский меридиа́н
autonomous sensory meridian response
автономная сенсорная меридиональная реакция
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