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Noon is defined as 12:00 o'clock in the afternoon.

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The scheduled time for a lunch break at 12:00 is an example of noon.

See noon in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

twelve o'clock in the daytime; midday
the highest point or culmination
Rare midnight: now only in

Origin: ME < OE non, orig., the ninth hour (by the Roman method, reckoning from sunrise: i.e., 3 p.m.) < L nona (hora), ninth (hour) < novem, nine

adjective

of or occurring at noon (midday)

See noon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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.
The highest point; the zenith.
Archaic Midnight.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English non

Origin: , from Old English nōn, canonical hour of nones (3 P.M. in early Middle Ages)

Origin: , from Late Latin nōna (hōra), ninth (hour after sunrise), nones

Origin: , feminine sing. of Latin nōnus, ninth; see newṇ in Indo-European roots

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