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Definitions for diurnal
daɪˈɜr nldi·ur·nal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. diurnaladjective

    of or 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"; "diurnal and nocturnal offices"

  2. diurnaladjective

    having a daily cycle or occurring every day

    "diurnal rotation of the heavens"

Wiktionary

  1. diurnalnoun

    A flower that opens only in the day.

  2. diurnalnoun

    A book containing canonical offices performed during the day, hence not matins.

  3. diurnalnoun

    A diary or journal.

  4. diurnalnoun

    A daily news publication.

  5. diurnaladjective

    Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.

    Most birds are diurnal.

  6. diurnaladjective

    Said of a flower open, or releasing its perfume during daylight hours, but not at night.

  7. diurnaladjective

    Having a daily cycle that is completed every 24 hours, usually referring to tasks, processes, tides, or sunrise to sunset.

  8. diurnaladjective

    Done once every day; daily, quotidian.

  9. diurnaladjective

    Published daily.

  10. Etymology: From diurnalis, from dies. Cognate with journal.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DIURNALadjective

    Etymology: diurnus, Latin.

    We observe in a day, which is a short year, the greatest heat about two in the afternoon, when the sun is past the meridian, which is the diurnal solstice, and the same is evident from the thermometer. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iv.

    Think, ere this diurnal star
    Leave cold the night, how we his gather’d beams
    Reflected, may with matter sere foment. John Milton, Par. Lost.

    Why does he order the diurnal hours
    To leave earth’s other part, and rise in our’s? Matthew Prior.

    The prime orb,
    Incredible how swift, had thither rowl’d
    Diurnal. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iv. l. 594.

    The diurnal and annual revolution of the sun have been, from the beginning of nature, constant, regular, and universally observable by all mankind. John Locke.

  2. Diurnalnoun

    A journal; a day-book.

    Etymology: diurnal, French.

ChatGPT

  1. diurnal

    Diurnal refers to activities or behaviors that occur during the day or a cycle that lasts 24 hours, repeating with the pattern of a day and night. It's commonly used to describe animals that are active during the day and sleep at night, as well as phenomena or processes that happen once every day. The term originates from the Latin word "diurnus," meaning daily.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Diurnaladjective

    relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours

  2. Diurnaladjective

    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

  3. Diurnaladjective

    opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves

  4. Diurnaladjective

    active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects

  5. Diurnaladjective

    a daybook; a journal

  6. Diurnaladjective

    a small volume containing the daily service for the "little hours," viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline

  7. Diurnaladjective

    a diurnal bird or insect

  8. Etymology: [Cf. F. diurnal a prayerbook. See Diurnal, a.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Diurnal

    dī-ur′nal, adj. daily: relating to or performed in a day.—n. a service-book containing the day hours, except matins (a night-office): a diary, journal.—n. Diur′nalist, a journalist.—adv. Diur′nally. [L. diurnālisdies, a day. See Journal.]

Entomology

  1. Diurnal

    such insects as are active or habitually fly by day only.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of diurnal in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of diurnal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of diurnal in a Sentence

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    The hidden recipe of success is detected by anyone's diurnal plans...

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