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The 10 pages that link to Meridian, each with the reason it gives.

• GeodesicRelated: Each meridian is a great circle and therefore a spherical geodesic.

• Treaty of TordesillasNarrower topic: The treaty assigned spheres of influence on opposite sides of a meridian.

• LongitudeBroader topic: Longitude measures position relative to a chosen meridian.

• Great circleBroader topic: A meridian and its opposite together lie on a plane through Earth’s center.

• SundialRelated: A sundial’s noon alignment follows the local meridian.

• Prime meridianNarrower topic: The prime meridian is the meridian assigned longitude 0°.

• Nautical mileRelated: Meridians mark the north–south direction along which latitude is measured.

• Rhumb lineNarrower topic: The angle a rhumb line maintains is measured where it crosses each meridian.

• Alice WalkerBroader topic: This novel places activism and personal cost at the center of Walker’s fiction.

• Circle of latitudeCompared with: Meridians cross circles of latitude at right angles on a globe.