(n.) The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
(n.) Hence, the highest point; culmination.
(a.) Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.
(v. i.) To take rest and refreshment at noon.
Example Sentences:
(1) The last time Vince Cable had a seat in the business department, it was during a high noon of industrial action and state interference in the economy.
(2) Cameron has already announced there will be one minute’s silence on Friday at noon, a week after the start of the killing.
(3) The vitamin A and test meals were given at noon (4 h after a standard breakfast), and blood was obtained hourly from noon to midnight for measurement of plasma glucose, insulin, triglyceride (TG), and cholesterol concentrations; concentrations of TG and cholesterol in Sverdberg floatation (Sf) unit above 400 and Sf 20-400 lipoproteins; retinyl ester concentration in plasma; and both Sf more than 400 and Sf 20-400 lipoproteins.
(4) Rats trained to eat during a 4-hr period (9 am-1 pm) while housed under normal illumination showed changes in the timing of the circadian rhythm of cholesterol synthesis; in the liver the maximum rate of cholesterol synthesis occurred at 6 pm, 9 hr after the presentation of food, while the two sections of the intestine investigated exhibited a maximum synthetic response between noon and 6 pm.
(5) We noted: 1) in the flow volume curves: a drop in the FEV1 during the Monday morning shift, a significant difference between the FEV1 (p less than 0.05) and the MMEFR 25-75 (p less than 0.05) measured at 6 am on Monday and Friday, and between the MMEFR 25-75 values obtained at 12 noon on Monday and Friday (p less than 0.05).
(6) The 24-hr pattern in hypothalamic melatonin was the inverse of that in the pineal, with the levels at noon higher than those at midnight.
(7) "We had to get it finished by noon, and we finished by 11," one of the consultants recalled.
(8) When the circadian rhythm of serotonin (5-HT) and 5-HIAA was studied in the hypothalamus, a minimum of 5-HT as seen in semistarved sedentary and running rats around feeding time (noon).
(9) On Tuesday, the court ordered lawyers for the state to respond to the stay request by noon on Thursday.
(10) During Period C (6 am-noon), plasma levels tended to decline from the maximum concentrations achieved in Period B.
(11) The rally – reminiscent of the Occupy-style rallies that started in 2011 – started outside the FCC’s Washington headquarters at noon with protesters from Fight For the Future, Popular Resistance and others unfurling banners reading “Save the Internet”.
(12) It is understood that Patel Sr, who had been warned by the Tories that his candidacy would do his daughter no favours, decided to stay in the race after it was pointed out that candidates could only withdraw by noon 16 days before an election.
(13) People had formed long lines and ballot boxes had arrived by mid-morning, but by noon there were still no ballots.
(14) Penetration of merozoites of P. c. chabaudi is predominant at midnight when rodents are maintained with a normal circadian rhythm (light from 8 am to 8 pm) and predominant at noon when the rhythm of the host is inverted (light from 8 pm to 8 am).
(15) Open daily noon-1am The Hudson Bar Facebook Twitter Pinterest Idiosyncratically decked out in antique bric-a-brac, this busy, multistorey cafe-bar and music venue has one of Belfast’s most comprehensive craft beer ranges.
(16) In the five-week program the students met from 8:00 AM to noon, five days a week.
(17) The German has until noon on Thursday to decide whether he wants to contest the Football Association’s charge of violent conduct.
(18) Despite this age difference, there was no significant difference in height, weight or 24-hour, 8 am to 12 noon, or 12 midnight to 4 am ambulatory BP measurements.
(19) In 6,763 patients (63%) in whom a distinct symptom onset could be established, symptom onset occurred with an increased frequency between 6:01 A.M. and 12:00 noon (30.6%) and between 6:01 P.M. and 12:00 midnight (26.9%).
(20) There have been threats, of course, including a hilariously angry letter from a cabinet minister in John Major's government who warned that if I didn't apologise by noon the same day there would be a full-scale legal bombardment.
Toon
Definition:
() pl. of Toe.
(n.) The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree (Cedrela Toona) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree itself.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Toon, on the other hand, are in a wee spot of temporary bother.
(2) Toon attempted to dissuade him from boxing by explaining its dangers.
(3) After pleading guilty to an unspecified lesser charge, Toon was sentenced to 75 days in jail.
(4) Texas pool party incident raises questions about wealth and race Read more Toon’s brother, Matthew, was quoted as telling reporters that his brother was innocent and had been at a cinema at the time of the incident.
(5) On the former front, the company's Angry Birds Toons channel launched in March within developer Rovio's various games, and by September had notched up more than 1bn views of its short cartoons and trailers.
(6) Photograph: Supplied Sean Toon was sentenced to more than nine months in jail after pleading guilty to killing and maiming prize farm animals and covering them in paint, according to court records in Texas .
(7) Yet according to court records, Toon pleaded guilty to felony criminal mischief and was sentenced in August 2000 to 285 days in jail and fined $300.
(8) Freddy Shepherd and the ‘Toongate tapes’, 1998 Mahmood won Reporter of the Year in 1999 after he revealed that the Newcastle United chairman and his deputy had described women from Newcastle as “dogs”, mocked ex-manager Kevin Keegan for being like Shirley Temple and laughed at loyal supporters, known as the Toon Army, for buying expensive replica shirts.
(9) What stands out for me was that “Toon, Toon” song going on for twenty minutes.
(10) This represents from one-fifth toone-third of the need for services from organized programs among this groups.
(11) The head of the National Crime Agency, Donald Toon, notes that “the London property market has been skewed by laundered money.
(12) The home fixture between Newcastle United and Chelsea, at St James’ Park, was not a good Saturday for black Geordies to hit the Toon.
(13) As a teenager, Toon had two serious encounters with the criminal justice system.
(14) A Dallas County court clerk confirmed details of the case on Wednesday but was unable to confirm how long Toon served in jail.
(15) Meanwhile, children’s broadcasters from the BBC and Disney to Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon are finding new digital ways to deliver their shows to children alongside their traditional channels, while startups like Hopster and Toon Goggles have launched mobile apps to deliver shows.
(16) The Toon get the ball rolling, then sailing through the air.
(17) The Toon need you.” Such messages were backed up an incessant two-word soundtrack set to the tune of La Bamba.
(18) The shadow home secretary welcomed the fact that May had bowed to the political pressure applied by Labour, including its decision to raise the issue at prime minister's questions and to call an opposition Commons debate toon Wednesday.
(19) Carroll was reported in today's Daily Star to have sent texts to Steve Wraith, editor of the Toon Talk fanzine, claiming he felt he had being forced out of the club.
(20) Luckily for the Toon, who had sent the big defenders upfield, City misplace their passes and Williamson eventually snuffs the move out.