Meridian Creek is a stream in North Slope Borough, Alaska , in the United States . It is a tributary of the Colville River .
42-468: (Redirected from Meridian Line ) Not to be confused with Meridiem . [REDACTED] Look up Meridian or meridian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Meridian or a meridian line (from Latin meridies via Old French meridiane , meaning “midday”) may refer to Science [ edit ] Meridian (astronomy) , imaginary circle in
84-405: A 12-hour clock : daylight was divided into 12 equal hours (thus hours having varying length throughout the year) and the night was divided into four watches. The first mechanical clocks in the 14th century, if they had dials at all, showed all 24 hours using the 24-hour analog dial , influenced by astronomers' familiarity with the astrolabe and sundial and by their desire to model
126-534: A calendar day forms the fundamental basis as to why each day is split into two cycles. Originally there were two cycles: one cycle which could be tracked by the position of the Sun (day), followed by one cycle which could be tracked by the Moon and stars (night). This eventually evolved into the two 12-hour periods which are used today, one called "a.m." starting at midnight and another called "p.m." starting at noon. Noon itself
168-441: A colon, others use a period (full stop), and still others use the letter h. (In some usages, particularly " military time ", of the 24-hour clock , there is no separator between hours and minutes. This style is not generally seen when the 12-hour clock is used.) Unicode specifies codepoints for "a.m." and "p.m." symbols, which are intended to be used only with Chinese-Japanese-Korean (CJK) character sets, as they take up exactly
210-541: A diagram in which 12 a.m. means noon and 12 p.m. means midnight. Historically, the style manual of the United States Government Printing Office used 12 a.m. for noon and 12 p.m. for midnight until its 2008 edition. At this point it reversed these designations and then retained that change in its 2016 revision. Many U.S. style guides, and NIST 's "Frequently asked questions (FAQ)" web page, recommend that it
252-512: A financial astrologer Meridian (Chinese medicine) , traditional Chinese medical theory, often employed in acupuncture Meridian (horse) , American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of 1911 Kentucky Derby Meridian (Nosgoth) , the capitol of Nosgoth in Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain Meridian (perimetry, visual field) , polar coordinate system for the visual field Meridian (satellite) ,
294-1181: A gnomon to measure solar elevation and time of year Autonomous sensory meridian response , a static-like or tingling sensation on the skin Places [ edit ] Cities and towns [ edit ] Meridian, California (disambiguation) , U.S., multiple California towns named Meridian Meridian, Colorado , U.S. Meridian Village, Colorado , U.S. Meridian, Florida , U.S. Meridian, Georgia , U.S. Meridian, Idaho , U.S. Meridian, Mississippi , U.S. Meridian, Nebraska , U.S. Meridian, New York , U.S. Meridian, Oklahoma (disambiguation) , U.S., multiple Oklahoma towns named Meridian Meridian, Pennsylvania , U.S. Meridian, Seattle , Washington, U.S. Meridian, Texas , U.S. Townships [ edit ] Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois , U.S. Meridian Charter Township, Michigan , U.S. Buildings [ edit ] Meridian (Amtrak station) , or Union Station, Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. Meridian Mall , Meridian Township, Michigan, U.S. Meridian Mall, Dunedin , New Zealand Meridian Hall (Washington, D.C.) , listed on
336-785: A park in Washington D.C., U.S. One Meridian Plaza , an office building that burned down in 1991 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Meridian . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meridian&oldid=1231693597 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
378-699: A plane perpendicular to the planes of the celestial equator and horizon Central meridian (astronomy) Meridian (geography) , a longitude line, i.e. a line of constant longitude , or in other words an imaginary arc on the Earth's surface from the North Pole to the South Pole Meridian arc , the distance between two points with the same longitude Prime meridian , origin of longitudes Principal meridian , arbitrary meridians used as references in land surveying Meridian line, used with
420-671: A quail-hunting plantation in Leon County, Florida, U.S., established in 1915 Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Print [ edit ] Meridian (novel) , 1976 novel by Alice Walker Meridian (comics) , 2000–2004 comic book series published by CrossGen Meridian ( W.I.T.C.H. ) , a fictional realm in the Italian comic book series W.I.T.C.H. Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism (est. 2000), an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed feminist journal Film and television [ edit ] Meridian: Kiss of
462-521: A series of Russian military communications satellites Meridian F.C. , English non-league football club Meridian Hospital , a private hospital in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Meridian Lossless Packing , a lossless audio compression technique used in DVD-Audio, HD DVD, and many Blu-ray discs See also [ edit ] Meridian 59 , online game Meridian Hill Park ,
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#1732794130988504-586: A vague time of day, a speaker might say the phrase "seven-thirty, eight" to mean sometime around 7:30 or 8:00. Such phrasing can be misinterpreted for a specific time of day (here 7:38), especially by a listener not expecting an estimation. The phrase " about seven-thirty or eight" clarifies this. Some more ambiguous phrasing might be avoided. Within five minutes of the hour, the phrase "five of seven" (6:55) can be heard "five-oh-seven" (5:07). "Five to seven" or even "six fifty-five" clarifies this. Minutes may be expressed as an exact number of minutes past
546-565: Is clearest if one refers to "noon" or "12:00 noon" and "midnight" or "12:00 midnight" (rather than to "12:00 p.m." and "12:00 a.m."). The NIST website states that "12 a.m. and 12 p.m. are ambiguous and should not be used." The Associated Press Stylebook specifies that midnight "is part of the day that is ending, not the one that is beginning." The Canadian Press Stylebook says, "write noon or midnight , not 12 noon or 12 midnight ." Phrases such as "12 a.m." and "12 p.m." are not mentioned at all. In
588-531: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Meridiem The 12-hour clock is a time convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods: a.m. (from Latin ante meridiem , translating to "before midday") and p.m. (from Latin post meridiem , translating to "after midday"). Each period consists of 12 hours numbered: 12 (acting as 0), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. The 12-hour clock has been developed since
630-460: Is not always clear what times "12:00 a.m." and "12:00 p.m." denote. From the Latin words meridies (midday), ante (before) and post (after), the term ante meridiem (a.m.) means before midday and post meridiem (p.m.) means after midday. Since "noon" (midday, meridies (m.)) is neither before nor after itself, the terms a.m. and p.m. do not apply. Although "12 m."
672-418: Is often called a quarter hour , and thirty minutes is often known as a half hour . For example, 5:15 can be phrased "(a) quarter past five" or "five-fifteen"; 5:30 can be "half past five", "five-thirty" or simply "half five". The time 8:45 may be spoken as "eight forty-five" or "(a) quarter to nine". In older English, it was common for the number 25 to be expressed as "five-and-twenty". In this way
714-474: Is rarely abbreviated in either of these languages, noon normally being written in full. In Portuguese, there are two official options and many others used, for example, using 21:45, 21h45 or 21h45min (official ones) or 21:45 or 9:45 p.m. In Irish , a.m. and i.n. are used, standing for ar maidin ("in the morning") and iarnóin ("afternoon") respectively. Most other languages lack formal abbreviations for "before noon" and "after noon", and their users use
756-426: Is rarely abbreviated today; but if it is, it is denoted "m." The 12-hour clock can be traced back as far as Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt . Both an Egyptian sundial for daytime use and an Egyptian water clock for night-time use were found in the tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep I . Dating to c. 1500 BC , these clocks divided their respective times of use into 12 hours each. The Romans also used
798-551: Is scheduled to begin at "9:00", it may begin at 9:00 p.m. The terms "a.m." and "p.m." are abbreviations of the Latin ante meridiem (before midday) and post meridiem (after midday). Depending on the style guide referenced, the abbreviations "a.m." and "p.m." are variously written in small capitals (" am " and " pm "), uppercase letters without a period ("AM" and "PM"), uppercase letters with periods, or lowercase letters ("am" and "pm" or "a.m." and "p.m." ). With
840-593: The Earth's apparent motion around the Sun . In Northern Europe these dials generally used the 12-hour numbering scheme in Roman numerals but showed both a.m. and p.m. periods in sequence. This is known as the double-XII system and can be seen on many surviving clock faces, such as those at Wells and Exeter . Elsewhere in Europe, numbering was more likely to be based on the 24-hour system (I to XXIV). The 12-hour clock
882-565: The second millennium BC and reached its modern form in the 16th century. The 12-hour time convention is common in several English-speaking nations and former British colonies , as well as a few other countries. There is no widely accepted convention for how midday and midnight should be represented: in English-speaking countries, "12 p.m." indicates 12 o'clock noon, while "12 a.m." means 12 o'clock midnight. (00:00) The natural day-and-night division of
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#1732794130988924-403: The 12-hour clock only orally and informally. However, in many languages, such as Russian and Hebrew, informal designations are used, such as "9 in the morning" or "3 in the night". When abbreviations and phrases are omitted, one may rely on sentence context and societal norms to reduce ambiguity. For example, if one commutes to work at "9:00", 9:00 a.m. may be implied, but if a social dance
966-575: The 24-hour clock is preferred. In several countries the 12-hour clock is the dominant written and spoken system of time, predominantly in nations that were part of the former British Empire, for example, the United Kingdom , Republic of Ireland , the United States , Canada ( excluding Quebec ), Australia , New Zealand , South Africa , India , Pakistan , and Bangladesh , and others follow this convention as well, such as Mexico and
1008-786: The Bayerische Oberlandbahn MS Meridian , cruise ship constructed in 1961 Meridian (shipwreck) , sunken schooner in Lake Michigan Piper Meridian , turboprop model of the Piper PA-46 aircraft Meridian LRT station , an LRT station on the Punggol LRT line East Loop in Singapore Meridian Airways , a defunct Ghanaian airline Other [ edit ] Bill Meridian (fl. 1972–1983),
1050-1661: The Beast , 1990 horror and romance film directed by Charles Band "Meridian" ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ) , 1994 episode of the series "Meridian" ( Stargate SG-1 ) , 2002 episode of the series Meridian (film) , 2016 film noir thriller directed by Curtis Clark ITV Meridian (formerly Meridian Broadcasting), ITV station for the south and south-east of England Music [ edit ] Meridian Records , record label Meridian Dawn , modern death metal band Meridian Green , California-based folk musician Meridian , 1997 album by Ian Pooley Meridian (Miriam Yeung album) , 2007 album by Miriam Young Meridian (album) , 2012 album by Pinegrove "Meridian", 2017 song by Odesza from A Moment Apart Other art [ edit ] Meridian (Hepworth) , 1960 bronze sculpture by British artist Barbara Hepworth Business [ edit ] Meridian Audio , British manufacturer of audio equipment Meridian Credit Union , credit union based in Ontario, Canada Meridian Energy , New Zealand electricity generation and electricity retailing company Nortel Meridian , popular PBX telephone system Education [ edit ] Meridian High School (disambiguation) Meridian Technology Center , Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States Transportation [ edit ] Meridian (train) , British Rail Class 222 trains Meridian (commuter rail) , former commuter rail service in Germany operated by
1092-655: The National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C., U.S. Meridian Manor , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C., U.S. Meridian Mansions , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C., U.S. Other places [ edit ] Lake Meridian , Kent, Washington, U.S. Meridian Creek , a stream in Alaska, U.S. Meridian Glacier , Graham Land, Antarctica Meridian Peak , Eagles Nest Wilderness, near Vail, Colorado, U.S. Meridian Plantation ,
1134-575: The UK, the National Physical Laboratory "FAQ-Time" web page states "In cases where the context cannot be relied upon to place a particular event, the pair of days straddling midnight can be quoted"; also "the terms 12 a.m. and 12 p.m. should be avoided." Likewise, some U.S. style guides recommend either clarifying "midnight" with other context clues, such as specifying the two dates between which it falls, or not referring to
1176-462: The advent of computer generated and printed schedules, especially airlines, advertising, and television promotions, the "M" character is often omitted as providing no additional information as in "9:30A" or "10:00P". Some style guides suggest the use of a space between the number and the a.m. or p.m. abbreviation. Style guides recommend not using a.m. and p.m. without a time preceding it. The hour/minute separator varies between countries : some use
1218-514: The former American colony of the Philippines . Even in those countries where the 12-hour clock is predominant, there are frequently contexts (such as science, medicine, the military or transport) in which the 24-hour clock is preferred. In most countries, however, the 24-hour clock is the standard system used, especially in writing. Some nations in Europe and Latin America use a combination of
1260-417: The hour specifying the time of day (e.g., 6:32 p.m. is "six thirty-two"). Additionally, when expressing the time using the "past (after)" or "to (before)" formula, it is conventional to choose the number of minutes below 30 (e.g., 6:32 p.m. is conventionally "twenty-eight minutes to seven" rather than "thirty-two minutes past six"). In spoken English, full hours are often represented by
1302-448: The midnight departure one or more minutes, such as to 11:59 p.m. or 12:01 a.m. In Japanese usage , midnight is written as 午前0時 (0 a.m.) and noon is written as 午後0時 (0 p.m.), making the hours numbered sequentially from 0 to 11 in both halves of the day. Alternatively, noon may be written as 午前12時 (12 a.m.) and midnight at the end of the day as 午後12時 (12 p.m.), as opposed to 午前0時 (0 a.m.) for
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1344-767: The numbered hour followed by o'clock (10:00 as ten o'clock , 2:00 as two o'clock ). This may be followed by the "a.m." or "p.m." designator, though some phrases such as in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, or at night more commonly follow analog-style terms such as o'clock, half past three, and quarter to four. O'clock itself may be omitted, telling a time as four a.m. or four p.m. Minutes ":01" to ":09" are usually pronounced as oh one to oh nine ( nought or zero can also be used instead of oh ). Minutes ":10" to ":59" are pronounced as their usual number-words. For instance, 6:02 a.m. can be pronounced six oh two a.m. whereas 6:32 a.m. could be told as six thirty-two a.m. . It
1386-659: The pattern choices of many Germanic and Slavic languages , including Serbo-Croatian , Dutch , Danish , Russian , and Swedish , as well as Hungarian , Finnish , and the languages of the Baltic States . Moreover, in situations where the relevant hour is obvious or has been recently mentioned, a speaker might omit the hour and just say "quarter to (the hour)", "half past" or "ten 'til" to avoid an elaborate sentence in informal conversations. These forms are often commonly used in television and radio broadcasts that cover multiple time zones at one-hour intervals. In describing
1428-470: The same space as one CJK character: In speaking, it is common to round the time to the nearest five minutes and/or express the time as the past (or to) the closest hour; for example, "five past five" (5:05). Minutes past the hour means those minutes are added to the hour; "ten past five" means 5:10. Minutes to, 'til and of the hour mean those minutes are subtracted; "ten of five", "ten 'til five", and "ten to five" all mean 4:50. Fifteen minutes
1470-448: The shorter hour hand rotates once every 12 hours and twice in one day. Some analog clock dials have an inner ring of numbers along with the standard 1-to-12 numbered ring. The number 12 is paired either with a 00 or a 24, while the numbers 1 through 11 are paired with the numbers 13 through 23, respectively. This modification allows the clock to also be read in 24-hour notation . This kind of 12-hour clock can be found in countries where
1512-527: The start of the day, making the Japanese convention the opposite of the English usage of 12 a.m. and 12 p.m. Meridian Creek Meridian Creek was so named from the fact its course is roughly parallel with the 160th meridian west . 69°00′10″N 159°55′03″W / 69.0028°N 159.9175°W / 69.0028; -159.9175 This article related to a river in Alaska
1554-489: The term at all. For an example of the latter method, "midnight" is replaced with "11:59 p.m." for the end of a day or "12:01 a.m." for the start of a day. That has become common in the United States in legal contracts and for airplane , bus , or train schedules, though some schedules use other conventions. Occasionally, when trains run at regular intervals, the pattern may be broken at midnight by displacing
1596-1115: The terms a.m. and p.m. are seldom used and often unknown. In most countries, computers by default show the time in 24-hour notation. Most operating systems, including Microsoft Windows and Unix-like systems such as Linux and macOS , activate the 12-hour notation by default for a limited number of language and region settings. This behaviour can be changed by the user, such as with the Windows operating system's "Region and Language" settings. The Latin abbreviations a.m. and p.m. (often written "am" and "pm", "AM" and "PM", or "A.M." and "P.M.") are used in English and Spanish . The equivalents in Greek are π.μ. and μ.μ. , respectively, and in Sinhala පෙ.ව. ( pe.va. ) for පෙරවරු ( peravaru , පෙර pera – fore, pre) and ප.ව. ( pa.va. ) for පස්වරු ( pasvaru , පස්සේ passē – after, post). However, noon
1638-480: The time 8:35 may be phrased as "five-and-twenty to 9", although this styling fell out of fashion in the later part of the 1900s and is now rarely used. Instead of meaning 5:30, the "half five" expression is sometimes used to mean 4:30, or "halfway to five", especially for regions such as the American Midwest and other areas that have been particularly influenced by German culture . This meaning follows
1680-529: The two, preferring the 12-hour system in colloquial speech but using the 24-hour system in written form and in formal contexts. The 12-hour clock in speech often uses phrases such as ... in the morning , ... in the afternoon , ... in the evening , and ... at night . Rider's British Merlin almanac for 1795 and a similar almanac for 1773 published in London used them. Other than in English-speaking countries and some Spanish-speaking countries,
1722-497: Was suggested as a way to indicate noon, this is seldom done and also does not resolve the question of how to indicate midnight. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language states "By convention, 12 AM denotes midnight and 12 PM denotes noon. Because of the potential for confusion, it is advisable to use 12 noon and 12 midnight ". E. G. Richards in his book Mapping Time (1999) provided
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1764-459: Was used throughout the British empire. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the 12-hour analog dial and time system gradually became established as standard throughout Northern Europe for general public use. The 24-hour analog dial was reserved for more specialized applications, such as astronomical clocks and chronometers. Most analog clocks and watches today use the 12-hour dial, on which
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