midnight
n.
twelve o'clock at night, 12:00 A.M.; middle of the night
Midnight
Midnight is, literally, "the middle of the night." In most systems it is when one day ends and the next begins: when the date changes. Originally midnight was halfway between
sunset and
dawn, varying according to the
seasons. Solar midnight is that time opposite of
solar noon, when the sun is closest to
nadir and the night is equi-distant from dusk and dawn. Due to the advent of
time zones, which makes time identical across a range of
meridians, and
daylight saving time it rarely coincides with midnight on a clock, but can be computed on a number of websites that perform solar time calculations. Solar midnight is dependent on longitude, latitude, altitude, and time of the year rather than on a time zone.
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midnight
Noun
1. 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night; "young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight"
(hypernym) hour, time of day
(part-holonym) night, nighttime, dark
Midnight
(n.)
The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
(a.)
Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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