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Meridian

The prime meridian at Greenwich, England

Meridian is:
* Meridian (astronomy): an imaginary circle perpendicular to the horizon.
* Meridian (Chinese medicine): an important concept in traditional Chinese medicine.
* Meridian (geography): either half or a full great circle that connects the Earth's poles. Also 0 longitude.
* Meridian (perimetry, visual field): a polar coordinate system for the visual field.
* The name of some places in the United States of America:
** Meridian, Idaho
** Meridian, Mississippi
** Meridian, New York
** Meridian, Oklahoma
* Meridian is also a novel by Alice Walker.
* Meridian: Kiss Of The Beast is a 1990 movie.
* Meridian Audio, Ltd. is a British manufacturer of high quality audio equipment.
* Meridian Broadcasting has been the ITV station for the south of England since 1992.
* Meridian Energy Limited is a New Zealand electricity generation and electricity retailing company.
* Meridian was a comic book series published by CrossGen in the early 2000s, and was the name of a city-state in that comic.
* Meridian is the name of a line of business telecommunication products produced and marketed by Nortel Networks.
* Meridian is also a term used by the Public Land Survey System in the United States.
* Meridian is the Capital of Nosgoth in the Legacy of Kain series of video games.
* DJ Meridian is a drum and bass musician in New York.
* Meridian 59, an online game.
* The British Rail Class 222 trains are known as Meridians and the services they are used on are named Midland Mainline Meridian services.
* Meridian (DS9 episode) is a third season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
* Meridian is the name of an Australian Gothic Rock band.
* Meridian is the name of an American yacht maker.



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