DIURNAL
\dˈɪɜːnə͡l], \dˈɪɜːnəl], \d_ˈɪ__ɜː_n_əl]\
Definitions of DIURNAL
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(biology) belonging to or active during the day; "diurnal animals are active during the day"; "diurnal flowers are open during the day and closed at night"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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belonging to or active during the day; "diurnal animals are active during the day"; "diurnal flowers are open during the day and closed at night"
By Princeton University
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Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth.
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A daybook; a journal.
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A diurnal bird or insect.
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Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; - opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.
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Opening during the day, and closing at night; - said of flowers or leaves.
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Active by day; - applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.
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A small volume containing the daily service for the little hours, viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.
By Oddity Software
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Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth.
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A daybook; a journal.
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A diurnal bird or insect.
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Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; - opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.
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Opening during the day, and closing at night; - said of flowers or leaves.
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Active by day; - applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.
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A small volume containing the daily service for the little hours, viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.
By Noah Webster.
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A daybook; a journal.
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Relating to a day or to the daytime; happening every day; performed in a day; performed in twenty-four hours; applied to diseases whose exacerbations are in the daytime.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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Daily: relating to or performed in a day.
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In the R. C. Church, a breviary with daily services.
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DIURNALLY.
By Daniel Lyons
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Pertaining to daytime, as opposed to night; of plants, blooming during the day; of animals, active during the day.
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Living only a day.
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Occurring once a day. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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