See also:

• MERIDIAN
• MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

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
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general a direction toward the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south or toward the position of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun at 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 . The terrestrial See also:

• MERIDIAN
• MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

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
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth's See also:

• SURFACE

surface from either See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

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
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute that it is generally ignored .