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" (218 found)
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contour linecontour mapcrescendocrestcrownculmenculminationcylindrical projectioneclipticedgeeight bellsequatorequinoctialequinoctial circleequinoctial colureequinoxextreme limitextremityfrigid zonesgalactic longitude
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general reference mapgeocentric longitudegeodetic longitudeglobegnomonic projectiongraphic scalegreat circlegrid linehachureheadheadmostheavenheavensheightheliocentric longitudeheliographic charthigh noonhighesthighest pitchhighest pointhorse latitudeshydrographic chartindexisolinelambert conformal projectionlatitudelayer tintlegendlimitlongitudelongitude in arcmapmap makermap projectionmappermaturemaximalmaximummercator projectionmeridiem
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meridionalmiddaymiller projectionmountaintopne plus ultrano place highernoonnoondaynooningnoonishnoonlightnoonlitnoontidenoontimeorbitovermostparallelparamountpeakperigee
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perihelionperiodphotogrammetristphotogrammetryphotomapphototopographyphysical mappinnaclepitchpointpolepolitical mappolyconic projectionpreeminentprime meridianprojectionrelief maprepresentative fractionridgeroad maproaring fortiesscaleseventh heavensinusoidal projectionskysmall circlesolstitial colurespecial mapspiresubtropicssummitsummitalsupremeterrain mapterrestrial globethe linethematic maptiptip toptip-toptoptopmosttopographertopographic charttopographytorrid zonetrajectorytransportation maptropictropic of cancertropic of capricorntropicsultimateupmostupper extremityuppermostutmostvariable zonesvernal equinoxvertexverticalvery topweather chartweather mapzenithzenithalzodiaczone
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Adjective(1 words)
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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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