Meaning

(uncountable, rare) Midday, noon..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable, rare) Midday, noon.
2. (countable, computing) The property of a timestamp of being either a.m. or p.m.

Example Sentences

Quantities and frequencies are distributed as follows (neglecting the meridiem hour):[…]

The same female number 1 introduced inside the ice-box at 9 a.m., to 9:15 was in lethargy, pick up and put it inside the stove to 350 degrees, to 12 meridiem, was in excellent conditions.

I wrote that the habit of schedulers in the railroad business of skipping the meridiem (they go from 11:59 a.m. to 12:01 p.m. in a split second) “. . . begs the question of what to designate the mass transit of the meridiem.”

But when the sky had brightened for the meridiem—the two to three hours of dull yet hazardous sunlight that filtered through the thick cloud cover each planetary rotation—she’d had to retire underground, losing time.

From prior to first light to the meridiem – yes, that means noon – the activities around Leelanau are as varied as the people who call it home:

The terminal responds N HH MM CR where N, HH, and MM are the meridiem, hour, and minutes, as above.

If a 12-hour clock is specified, the eighth field (the meridiem indicator) is required.[…]If this input string is entered, the parse still recognizes “feb” as the month name and “am” as the meridiem indicator, even though the format string specified both of these fields as uppercase, and the month name as unabbreviated.

if (hour < 12) { meridiem = 'am'; } else { meridiem = 'pm'; }

Word Forms

• meridiems

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When Should You Use Meridiem?

Use meridiem when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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