Meridian

Meridian or a meridian line (from Latin meridies via Old French meridiane, meaning “midday”) may refer to:

Science

Meridian (astronomy), imaginary circle in a plane perpendicular to the planes of the celestial equator and horizon
- Central meridian (astronomy)
Meridian (geography), a longitude line, i.e. a line of constant longitude, or in other words an imaginary arc on the Earth's surface from the North Pole to the South Pole
- Meridian arc, the distance between two points with the same longitude
- Prime meridian, origin of longitudes
- Principal meridian, arbitrary meridians used as references in land surveying
Meridian line, used with a gnomon to measure solar elevation and time of year
Autonomous sensory meridian response, a static-like or tingling sensation on the skin
Meridian (vision), polar coordinate system for the visual field

Meridian (Amtrak station), or Union Station, Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Meridian Mall, Meridian Township, Michigan, U.S.
Meridian Mall, Dunedin, New Zealand
Meridian Hall (Washington, D.C.), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C., U.S.
Meridian Manor, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C., U.S.
Meridian Mansions, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C., U.S.

Lake Meridian, Kent, Washington, U.S.
Meridian Creek, a stream in Alaska, U.S.
Meridian Glacier, Graham Land, Antarctica
Meridian Peak, Eagles Nest Wilderness, near Vail, Colorado, U.S.
Meridian Plantation, a quail-hunting plantation in Leon County, Florida, U.S., established in 1915

Meridian (novel), 1976 novel by Alice Walker
Meridian (comics), 2000–2004 comic book series published by CrossGen
Meridian (W.I.T.C.H.), a fictional realm in the Italian comic book series W.I.T.C.H.
Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism (est. 2000), an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed feminist journal

Meridian Audio, British manufacturer of audio equipment
Meridian Credit Union, credit union based in Ontario, Canada
Meridian Energy, New Zealand electricity generation and electricity retailing company
Nortel Meridian, popular PBX telephone system
Meridian, a health insurance company owned by Centene Corporation

Meridian (train), British Rail Class 222 trains
Meridian (commuter rail), former commuter rail service in Germany operated by the Bayerische Oberlandbahn
MS Meridian, cruise ship constructed in 1961
Meridian (shipwreck), sunken schooner in Lake Michigan
Piper Meridian, turboprop model of the Piper PA-46 aircraft
Meridian LRT station, an LRT station on the Punggol LRT line East Loop in Singapore

Meridian (Nosgoth), the capital of Nosgoth in Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain
Meridian (satellite), a series of Russian military communications satellites
Meridian Hospital, a private hospital in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Meridian Lossless Packing, a lossless audio compression technique used in DVD-Audio, HD DVD, and many Blu-ray discs