meridian

Summary

meridian ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,214 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• meridian is a type of half of great circle^[2].
• meridian is a type of geographic entity^[3].
• meridian's Commons category is recorded as Meridian markers^[4].
• meridian's Unicode character is recorded as 🌐^[5].
• meridian's terminus is recorded as North Pole^[6].
• meridian's terminus is recorded as South Pole^[7].
• meridian's topic's main category is recorded as Q124923383^[8].
• meridian's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• meridian's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[10].
• meridian's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• meridian's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[12].
• meridian's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[13].
• meridian's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[14].
• meridian's manifestation of is recorded as half of great circle^[15].
• meridian's manifestation of is recorded as curve^[16].
• meridian's manifestation of is recorded as half^[17].
• meridian's manifestation of is recorded as longitude^[18].
• meridian's different from is recorded as north-south running great circle^[19].
• meridian's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include half of great circle^[2] and geographic entity^[3].

Influence

Things named for meridian include Avinguda Meridiana^[21], an avenue^[22], in Spain^[23]; Meridian Glacier^[24], a glacier^[25]; and Görlitz Meridian^[26], an award^[27], founded in 2001^[28].

Why It Matters

meridian ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,214 views/month).^[1] meridian has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] meridian is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

Entities named for meridian include Avinguda Meridiana^[21], an avenue^[22], in Spain^[23]; Meridian Glacier^[24], a glacier^[25]; and Görlitz Meridian^[26], an award^[27], founded in 2001^[28].