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In the US, where we live on a twice 12 hour clock display, we have two time areas: AM and PM. Even though we have adapted A.M., which means "ante meridiem" and denotes time between midnight and noon and P.M., which literally means "post meridiem" and denotes time between noon and midnight, the retaining of Latin words is not everyone's forte.
After bouncing ideas back and forth how to put those two time references into an easy understandable format, Michael Phillips, author of "The Digital Dictionary", came up with the following explanation:
AM = after midnight
PM = past midday (12:00 noon)
easy to understand...easy to remember.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agothese are latin words. a.m. - ante meridiem and p.m. - post meridiem.
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∙ 15y agoam is Latin 'ante meridian' meaning before noon. pm is Latin 'post meridian' meaning after noon.
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∙ 15y agoAM and PM are abbreviations for ante meridiem and post meridiem. These mean before noon and after noon respectively.
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∙ 12y agoAnte Meridian and Post Meridian
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What dose pm mean?
PM means at night or at noon
In the 24 hour clock what do am and pm mean?
AM is 00:00 to 11:59. PM is 12:00 to 23:59.
What does the abbreviation of PM mean?
PM is an abbreviation for Post meridiem; Latin for after noon. Incidentally, AM stands for Ante meridiem - before noon.
If its 12 00 noon is it am or pm?
It's neither, 12 noon and 12 midnight are just that although there are a lot of illiterates in positions where they should know better!)
Is the afternoon am or pm?
it is pm. when it gets to noon, it is pm
What does pm stand for in sulfur pm?
pm mean past miday and am mean after midnight
What does pm mean on YouTube?
The letters PM does not mean PM of after 12 o clock,it means PRIVATE MESSAGE
What do pm mean?
Preventive Maintenance is the meaning of PM.
What does it's mean am and pm?
am moring and pm night
What dose pm mean?
PM means at night or at noon
What does PM mean in Yahoo messenger?
Pm= Private Messages
What does it mean to PM somebody?
pm means to make contact with Private Message
What does it mean to pm someone?
Well, PM means Private Message so ...
What do mean am and pm?
what do am and pm mean? well am means it is morning pm means its afternoon and night AM Means : ANTI MERIDIAN PM Means : POST MERIDIAN
What is the pm name?
David cameron is the current british PM (12/12/13). If you mean what does pm mean, it means a few things, mainly Prime minister, or post meridian.
What does pm mean in latin?
postmortem
What is mean pm in paltalk?
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