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noon N0149000 (no͞on)n.1. a. Twelve o'clock in the daytime; midday.b. The time or point in the sun's path at which the sun is on the local meridian. Also called noontide, noontime.2. The highest point; the zenith.3. Archaic Midnight.
[Middle English non, from Old English nōn, canonical hour of nones (3 pm in early Middle Ages), from Late Latin nōna (hōra), ninth (hour after sunrise), nones, feminine sing. of Latin nōnus, ninth; see newn̥ in Indo-European roots.]noon (nuːn) n1. a. the middle of the day; 12 o'clock in the daytime or the time or point at which the sun crosses the local meridianb. (as modifier): the noon sun. 2. poetic the highest, brightest, or most important part; culmination[Old English nōn, from Latin nōna (hōra) ninth hour (originally 3 p.m., the ninth hour from sunrise)]noon (nun)
n. 1. midday. 2. twelve o'clock in the daytime. 3. the highest, brightest, or finest point or part. 4. Archaic. midnight. [before 900; Middle English none, Old English nōn < Latin nōna ninth hour. See none2] noon- high noon - Exactly 12 noon.
- luncheon - An extension of the word lunch, based on nuncheon, "a drink taken at noon."
- noon - Derived from the Latin word nona, "ninth," as it originally meant the ninth hour after sunrise, about 3 p.m.
- post meridiem - The expansion of p.m., from Latin, meaning "after noon" (1647).
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  noon - the middle of the day high noon, midday, noonday, noontide, twelve noon24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late" |
noonnoun1. midday, high noon, noonday, noontime, twelve noon, noontide The long day of meetings started at noon.adjective1. midday, noonday, noontime, noontide The noon sun was fierce.Translationsnoon (nuːn) noun twelve o'clock midday. They arrived at noon. 中午 中午- It's twelve noon (US)
It's twelve midday (UK) → 中午十二点 - At noon (US)
At midday (UK) → 中午
noon
high noon1. Literally, at or very near midday (noon). It's only 9 AM and the heat out here is sweltering; by high noon, that sun will be deadly.2. The peak or most advanced stage of a given period. At the high noon of the economic boom, people spent money on the most ridiculous things. The actor had been a household name at the high noon of his career, but nowadays, there are few who even remember him.3. The critical or appointed time of a decisive confrontation, crisis, or contest. It's high noon for these two teams, as the result of this game will determine who makes it to the finals.See also: high, noonmorning, noon, and nightAll day; all the time. I've been working morning, noon, and night around here trying to get the house ready to go up for sale. You've been playing video games morning, noon, and night. I think you should take a break to do some homework.See also: and, nightmorning, noon and night If something happens or is done morning, noon and night, it happens or is done all the time. You get fit by playing the game, day in, day out, morning, noon and night. He thought about Paloma morning, noon and night.See also: and, night, noonmorning, noon, and night all of the time; constantly. 1993 Tony Parker May the Lord in His Mercy be Kind to Belfast It was the sort [of relationship] where nothing else matters for you except to be with that other person morning, noon and night. See also: and, nightmorning, noon and ˈnight at all times of the day and night (used to emphasize that something happens very often or that it happens continuously): When Sally was a baby she used to cry morning, noon and night.See also: and, night, noonnoon
noon The time of day at which the Sun crosses the local meridian and is at its highest point above the horizon. This time differs from 12.00 local time by up to about 15 minutes before or after midday, the amount – the equation of time – depending on the time of year.Noon the moment at which, for a given point on earth, the center of the sun (the true sun or the mean sun) is in the upper culmination. The apparent noon corresponds to a meridian transit by the true sun, while mean noon corresponds to a transit by the mean sun. The time at which noon occurs depends on the geographic longitude. Noon begins one hour later for every 15° of longitude to the west. noon[nün] (astronomy) The instant at which a time reference is over the upper branch of the reference meridian. noonThe time at which the center of the sun transits a particular meridian.NOON
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See NNnoon
Synonyms for noonnoun middaySynonyms- midday
- high noon
- noonday
- noontime
- twelve noon
- noontide
adj middaySynonyms- midday
- noonday
- noontime
- noontide
Synonyms for noonnoun the middle of the daySynonyms- high noon
- midday
- noonday
- noontide
- twelve noon
Related Words- 24-hour interval
- day
- mean solar day
- solar day
- twenty-four hour period
- twenty-four hours
- time of day
- hour
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