Meridian vs Pseudocylindrical - What's the difference?
meridian | pseudocylindrical |
An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles.
Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude.
(astronomy) A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular observer.
(mathematics) A similar line on any general surface of revolution.
(alternative medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed.
The highest point, as of success, prosperity, etc.; culmination.
* Shakespeare
Meridional; relating to a meridian.
Relating to noon
Relating to the highest point or culmination.
(cartography) Representing the central meridian and each parallel as a single straight line segment, but not the other meridians.
As adjectives the difference between meridian and pseudocylindrical
is that meridian is meridional; relating to a meridian while pseudocylindrical is representing the central meridian and each parallel as a single straight line segment, but not the other meridians.As a noun meridian
is an imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles.As a proper noun Meridian
is a CDP in Colorado.meridian
English
(wikipedia meridian)Noun
(en noun)- I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, / And from that full meridian of my glory / I haste now to my setting.
Adjective
(-)- meridian splendour