MERIDIAN

Meridian

The meridian system is a traditional Chinese medicine belief about a path through which the life-energy known as "qi" flows.

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meridian

Noun

  1. An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles.
  2. Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude.
  3. A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular observer.
  4. A similar line on any general surface of revolution.
  5. Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed.
  6. The highest point or state of consciousness and enlightenment achievable by a human.

Adjective

  1. Meridional; relating to a meridian.
  2. Relating to noon
  3. Relating to the highest point or culmination.
    meridian splendour


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