#meridian__longitude__line_of_longitude an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"
supertype: #great_circle__greatcircle a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
subtype: #observer's_meridian a meridian that passes through the observer's zenith
subtype: #prime_meridian__primemeridian meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich (England) longitude)
subtype: #magnetic_meridian an imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth
subtype: #date_line__dateline__International_Date_Line an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
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