meridian circle

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noun Astronomy.

a transit instrument provided with a graduated vertical scale, used to measure the declinations of heavenly bodies and to determine the time of meridian transits.

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Also called circle, transit circle, transit instrument.

Origin of meridian circle

First recorded in 1540–50

Words nearby meridian circle

merida, Meriden, Meridia, meridian, meridian angle, meridian circle, méridienne, meridional, meridional aberration, Merilee, Mérimée

How to use meridian circle in a sentence

So, Linklater just won Best Director by the New York Film Critics Circle.
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Julio had come full circle and had returned to Cuba as a tourist in his own country.
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The girls ran in the same circle (Palmolive was also in the Flowers of Romance) and the group was looking for a guitarist.
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The RSD Facebook page, and all the local RSD groups, known as “inner circle,” have been switched to private.
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Not before long, I think about four cops went up to the circle and just grabbed a few of the people from behind.
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Wharton and Louis had withdrawn their hands at the same instant they caught his eye; and the Duke turned into the circle.
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It was the conversation of every circle; and discussed according to the dispositions, or views of the speakers.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
We (the officers) were sitting in a circle round the general and Alcalde, both of whom appeared uneasy and anxious.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
His books were read in our homes, often aloud to the family circle by paterfamilias, and moved us to laughter or tears.
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A child's attempt to represent a man appears commonly to begin by drawing a sort of circle for the front view of the head.
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British Dictionary definitions for meridian circle

meridian circle

noun

an instrument used in astronomy for determining the declination and right ascension of stars. It consists of a telescope attached to a graduated circle

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