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means "midday"
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Why is ante meridiem called ante meridian?
It isn't. Although meridiem and meridian both derive from the Latin word meridies, meaning midday, there is no such term as ante meridian. The term meridian usually refers to an imagineary line of longitude upon the earth, whereupon the time is midday (12 noon) when the line passes directly under the sun due to the earth's rotation. Meridiem, on the other hand, refers to midday itself, such that ante meridiem means before midday (before noon) and post meridiem means after midday (after noon, and hence afternoon), thus dividing the 24 hour day into two equal 12 hour periods starting at midnight (ante meridiem) and midday (post meridiem). The terms are abbreviated to a.m. and p.m. respectively, and are used whenever referring specifically to the 12 hour clock. Thus 2 a.m. literally means the second hour in the 12 hour period that precedes midday.
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What is mean by meridiem in time?
Meridiem is Latin for the middle of the day. Ante meridiem (AM) is Latin for before the middle of the day, and post meridiem (PM) is Latin for after the middle of the day.
What is the full form am and pm?
AM and PM are abbreviations for ante meridiem and post meridiem mean before noon and after noon post meridiem or post meridian.
What does 'post meridiem' mean in french?
'post meridiem' is Latin for afternoon. The french for afternoon is 'apres - midi'.
What does am pm mean?
Am stands for Ante Meridiem, Latin for before noon, Pm stands for post meridiem, Latin for after noon.
What does AM mean in text?
AM means Ante Meridiem in text. Period between Midnight and Noon Called Ante Meridiem in text.
What does the abbreviation of PM mean?
PM is an abbreviation for Post meridiem; Latin for after noon. Incidentally, AM stands for Ante meridiem - before noon.
Ante meridiem for short a two letter word meaning the same thing?
Ante Meridiem for short is AM and they both mean before noon.
What does 'am' mean in digital time?
ante meridiem = before mid day
Does am mean a morning?
It means ante meridiem in Latin, I remember it as "after midnight."
What is fullform of am?
ante meridiem post meridiem
Where does am and pm come from?
am stands for Ante Meridiem and pm for post Meridiem. Meridiem is the word used for noon.
Am pm gmt utc?
Ante Meridiem (Latin for "before the middle of the day")Post Meridiem (Latin for "after the middle of the day")Greenwich Mean TimeCoordinated Universal Time
