A typographical error for "post meridiem" meaning afternoon.
Meridian is latin for midday so post meridian is the time after noon to jusst before midnight
AM as in time means ANTE MERIDIAN PM means POST MERIDIAN
Our bird goes wheels up at one o'clock- that's one o'clock post meridian.
AM = "Ante - Meridian"PM = "Post - Meridian""Ante" and "post" mean "before" and "after"."Meridian" is the imaginary line in the sky that runs north/south and passes directly over you.In the morning, the sun moves from the eastern horizon toward the meridian. At Noon, the sun crosses the meridian. In the afternoon, the sun has crossed the meridian and moves away from it toward the west.Morning is the time before the sun crosses the meridian = Ante-Meridian = AM.Afternoon and evening is the time after the sun crosses the meridian = Post-Meridian = PM.
While using am and pm in time representation, it denotes.. am ==> Anti Meridian pm ==> Post Meridian
PM in time stands for "Post Meridian".
Post Meridiem is PM. It is Latin for "after noon". For example, 1:30 PM.Post Meridian is a typo.
The term "post meridian" comes from Latin. "Post" means "after," and "meridian" refers to midday or noon. Together, "post meridian" signifies "after noon" or "after the middle of the day."
Ante meansbefore and post means behind.Meridian is from the Latin for Midday.Ante Meridian = am (before midday)Post Meridian = pm (after midday)
In radio, AM stands for amplitude modulation.In TIME, it stands for Ante-Meridian (ref. the Prime meridian)Amplitude modulationAnte Meridian as in 11:00 AM (and PM is Post meridian)
The P stands for Post and the M stand for Meridian.From the Latin, Post means after, and Meridian means midday (noon).So the abbreviation PM as it pertains to time stand for after-midday or afternoon.
Ante-meridian and post meridian