Meridian

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Meridian, or a meridian line may refer to:

Contents 1 Earth science 2 United States geography 3 Arts and entertainment 3.1 Print 3.2 Film and television 3.3 Music 3.4 Games 4 Business 5 Education 6 Transportation 7 Other

[edit] Earth science

• Meridian (astronomy), imaginary circle perpendicular to the celestial equator and horizon
• Meridian (geography), an imaginary arc on the Earth's surface from the North Pole to the South Pole
• Prime Meridian, longitude of 0° on the Earth's surface
• Principal meridian, the North-South line used for survey control of a large region
• a meridian line used to improve calendar accuracy, for example in the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome; also used with some analemmatic sundials

[edit] United States geography

• Meridian, California
  • Meridian, Humboldt County, California
  • Meridian, Kern County, California
  • Meridian, Santa Clara County, California
  • Meridian, Sutter County, California
• Meridian, Colorado
• Meridian, Florida
• Meridian, Idaho
• Meridian, Mississippi
• Meridian, New York
• Meridian, Oklahoma
  • Meridian, Logan County, Oklahoma
  • Meridian, Stephens County, Oklahoma
• Meridian, Pennsylvania
• Meridian, Seattle, Washington
• Meridian, Texas
• Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois
• Meridian Charter Township, Michigan

[edit] Arts and entertainment

[edit] Print

• Meridian (novel), novel by Alice Walker
• Rue Meridian, character from The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara and High Druid of Shannara series by Terry Brooks
• Meridian (comics), comic book series published by CrossGen in the early 2000s
• Meridian (W.I.T.C.H.), a fictional realm in the Italian comic book series, W.I.T.C.H.
• Blood Meridian, a fictional novel by Cormac McCarthy

[edit] Film and television

• Meridian: Kiss of the Beast, 1990 movie
• "Meridian" (DS9 episode), third season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• "Meridian" (Stargate SG-1), episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
• Meridian Broadcasting, ITV station for the south and south-east of England

[edit] Music

• Meridian Green, California-based folk musician
• Meridian Records, a record label

[edit] Games

• Meridian 59, online game
• Meridian (Nosgoth), the capitol of Nosgoth in Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain

[edit] Business

• Meridian Audio, Ltd., British manufacturer of audio equipment
• Meridian Bank, bank based in Serbia
• Meridian Credit Union, a credit union based in Ontario, Canada
• Meridian Energy, New Zealand electricity generation and electricity retailing company
• Nortel Meridian, a popular PBX telephone system
• Meridian Mall, Meridian Township, Michigan, US
• Meridian Mall, Dunedin, New Zealand

[edit] Education

• Meridian High School (disambiguation page)
• Meridian Technology Center, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
• Meridian KSI, a commercial Learning Management System product

[edit] Transportation

• Meridian (train), British Rail Class 222 trains
• MS Meridian, cruise ship constructed in 1961

[edit] Other

• Meridian (Chinese medicine), or channel, for blood and qi
• Meridian (perimetry, visual field), polar coordinate system for the visual field
• One Meridian Plaza, an office building that burned down in 1991 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
• Meridian Hill Park, a park in Washington D.C.

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