The only reason why Ferdinand Magellan could claim to be the first man to sail across all of the world's meridians was because Christopher Columbus had chosen to swim.
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Meridians
Synonyms for "meridians" (11 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
acupoint channelsastronomical meridiancelestial line
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
energy pathwaysgeographic longitudegreat circle
Related words (5)
Noun(5 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
5 entriesbodily pathwayenergy channelgeographic featuregeographic linegreat circle
More specific
6 entrieskidney meridianlocal meridianlung meridianprime meridianstomach meridianupper meridian
Collocations
5 entriescelestial meridiangreat circlelocal meridianlongitude lineprime meridian
Derivations
1 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, meridians are a path through which a person's life-energy, or qi, flows.
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Tom is confusing meridians with parallels.
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A minute of longitude is a mile only on the equator, for the meridians are coming closer to each other as they converge toward either pole.
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