MIDNIGHT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of midnight in English

(Definition of midnight from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of midnight from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of midnight

midnight
Midnight and three early morning saliva samples were collected to measure free cortisol levels.
Day-defined as the measurement interval and while it is not likely to be midnight to midnight, it will be approximately 24 hr on each occasion.
The spadix temperature again decreased and by midnight had become similar to the ambient temperature, following the ambient temperature variations.
In the larger urban context, movement appears to be consistent with the everyday pattern (except for the 30 minutes either side of midnight).
One additional question is related to the duration of the executive writing session that frequently extends well past midnight of the second day.
We also performed experiments in which the adaptation of the eye was controlled artificially so that it was the same at both midday and midnight.
Movement levels then drop momentarily only to climb again to higher levels in the minutes immediately before midnight.
The substantial data on the honey response suggest that sugar-feeding is equally likely to occur before or after midnight.
It looks an enchanting scene and one can highly appreciate the song, the midnight sun, when one sees the midnight sun shining here.
Moreover, these rather protean and complex changes in the vertical profile continued until shortly after midnight by which time insect numbers had declined.
From 6 pm to midnight, two more free concerts are performed simultaneously.
The b-wave implicit times recorded at midnight were, nonetheless, greater than those recorded at midday.
There was also a small increase in volume density at midnight (fig. 9).
Fertilization was assumed to occur at 12:00 midnight.
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Translations of midnight

in Chinese (Traditional)
子夜,午夜…
in Chinese (Simplified)
子夜,午夜…
in Spanish
medianoche, medianoche [feminine, singular]…
in Portuguese
meia-noite, meia-noite [feminine]…
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मध्यरात्री…
真夜中, 深夜(しんや)…
gece yarısı…
minuit [masculine], (de) minuit…
mitjanit…
middernacht…
நடு இரவு பன்னிரண்டு மணி…
मध्यरात्री, आधी रात, रात के बारह बजे…
મધ્યરાત્રિ, મધરાત…
midnat, midnats-…
midnatt…
tengah malam…
die Mitternacht…
midnatt [masculine], midnatt…
نصف شب, آدھی رات…
північ…
полночь…
అద్దరాత్రి…
مُنْتَصَف الَّليل…
মধ্যরাত্রি…
půlnoc, půlnoční…
tengah malam…
เวลาเที่ยงคืน…
nửa đêm…
północ…
자정…
mezzanotte, di mezzanotte…
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