"post meridiem" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Latin post (“after”) + merīdiem, accusative singular of merīdiēs (“noon, midday”).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "text": "1853, John Drew, Manual of Astronomy: A Popular Treatise on Descriptive, Physical, and Practical Astronomy, with a Familiar Explanation of Astronomical Instruments and the Best Methods of Using Them, Second Edition, George Bell, page 237,\nThe civil day begins at midnight, and reckons 12 hours ante meridiem, or before noon, and 12 hours post meridiem, or after noon."
        },
        {
          "text": "1923, Christopher Morley, The Powder of Sympathy, Doubleday, Page & Company, page 84,\nWe reached that amiable town around two hours post meridiem, exceedingly hungry from our anxieties en route."
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        "After noon, in the afternoon."
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          "After",
          "after"
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        [
          "noon",
          "noon"
        ],
        [
          "afternoon",
          "afternoon"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pm"
        },
        {
          "word": "PM"
        },
        {
          "word": "p.m."
        },
        {
          "word": "postmeridiem"
        }
      ],
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  "word": "post meridiem"
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    {
      "word": "ante meridiem"
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin post (“after”) + merīdiem, accusative singular of merīdiēs (“noon, midday”).",
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  "pos": "adv",
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      ],
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      "word": "postmeridiem"
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  "word": "post meridiem"
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