noon

mezzogiorno

Le dodici durante il giorno.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: midday, twelve pm

Contrari: midnight

Espressioni comuni: at noon, by noon, around noon

mezzogiorno solare

Momento in cui il sole raggiunge il punto più alto nel cielo di un certo luogo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: solar noon

Espressioni comuni: solar noon, local noon, sun at noon

mezzogiorno solare medio

Le dodici secondo un sistema orario basato sul movimento medio giornaliero del sole.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: mean solar noon

Espressioni comuni: mean noon, mean solar noon