noon

mediodía

Las doce del día.

En inglés sencillo: Twelve o'clock in the middle of the day.

• We eat lunch at noon.
• Please arrive before noon tomorrow.
• The shop closes at noon on Sundays.

Sinónimos: midday, twelve pm

Antónimos: midnight

Expresiones frecuentes: at noon, by noon, around noon

mediodía solar

Momento en que el sol alcanza su punto más alto en el cielo de un lugar.

En inglés sencillo: The time when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky at a particular place.

• Shadows are shortest at solar noon.
• Local noon depends on your position on Earth.
• Solar noon came several minutes after twelve on the clock.

Sinónimos: solar noon

Expresiones frecuentes: solar noon, local noon, sun at noon

mediodía solar medio

Las doce en un sistema horario basado en el movimiento diario promedio del sol.

En inglés sencillo: Twelve o'clock in a time system based on the sun's average daily movement.

• Mean noon occurs at twelve in mean solar time.
• Astronomers compared apparent noon with mean noon.
• A sundial does not always show mean noon accurately.

Sinónimos: mean solar noon

Expresiones frecuentes: mean noon, mean solar noon