(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.