Meridian - Definition

adj 1: of or happening at noon; "meridian hour"
2: being at the best stage of development; "our manhood's prime
vigor"- Robert Browning [syn: prime, meridian]
n 1: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage
of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of
beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the
height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer
was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle
of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest
superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his
profession" [syn: acme, height, elevation, peak,
pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop,
top]
2: a town in eastern Mississippi
3: an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing
through the north and south poles at right angles to the
equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same
longitude" [syn: meridian, line of longitude]