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Translate meridian from English to French

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meridian:
- méridien
Wiktionary:
- meridian → méridien
- meridian → longitude, méridien

English

Detailed Translations for meridian from English to French

meridian:

meridian [the ~] nom

the meridian (circle of longitude)
le méridien
- méridien [le ~] nom

Translation Matrix for meridian:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
méridien	circle of longitude; meridian
-	line of longitude
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	prime

Related Words for "meridian":

meridians

Synonyms for "meridian":

hour; time of day
prime; mature
acme; height; elevation; peak; pinnacle; summit; superlative; tiptop; top; degree; level; stage; point
Meridian; town
line of longitude; great circle

Related Definitions for "meridian":

being at the best stage of development¹
of or happening at noon¹
- meridian hour¹
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator¹
- all points on the same meridian have the same longitude¹

Wiktionary Translations for meridian:

meridian

noun

imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface
- meridian → méridien

meridian

noun

astro|fr plan passant par la verticale d’un lieu et parallèle à l’axe de rotation de la Terre, ligne passant par un lieu et les pôles.
- méridien → meridian

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• meridian	→ longitude	↔ Längengrad — Meridian einer bestimmten geographischen Länge
• meridian	→ méridien	↔ Meridian — Geografie: Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University