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Meridian Any line at constant longitude. Special ones are the Greenwich meridian (the reference line), the International Date Line (where west turns to east), and your local meridian which marks the high point in the arc of all celestial bodies as they pass. The corresponding name for a constant latitude line is a "parallel" of latitude.

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