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English word meridian comes from Latin dies, Latin medium, and later Latin meridies (Midday, noon. South.)

dies (Latin)

(often in the feminine) A set day: a date, an appointment.. A day, particularly:. A solar or sidereal day of about 24 hours, especially (historical) Roman dates reckoned from one midnight to the next.. Daytime: a period of light between sunrise and sunset.

medium (Latin)

Community, public, publicity. Middle, center, medium, midst.

meridies (Latin)

Midday, noon. South.

meridianus (Latin)

Midday, noon (attributive). Southern.

meridian (English)

(alternative medicine, traditional Chinese medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed.. (astronomy) A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular observer.. (geography) An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic [...]

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