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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIURNAL

a.[L., daily. ] 1. Relating to a day; pertaining to the daytime; as diurnal heat; diurnal hours.
2. Daily; happening every day; performed in a day; as a diurnal task.
3. Performed in 24 hours; as the diurnal revolution of the earth.
4. In medicine, an epithet of diseases whose exacerbations are in the day time; as a diurnal fever.

 

DIURNAL

n.A day-book; a journal. [See Journal, which is mostly used. ]

 

DIURNALIST

n.A journalist. [Not in use. ]

 

DIURNALLY

adv. Daily; every day.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIURNA

Di *ur "na, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day. ](Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.

 

DIURNAL

Di *ur "nal, a. Etym: [L. diurnalis, fr. dies day. See Deity, and cf. Journal. ]

 

1. Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to Ant: nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.

 

2. 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. Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring. Shak.

 

3. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves.

 

4. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna ) among insects. Diurnal aberration (Anat. ), the aberration of light arising from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent direction of motion of light. -- Diurnal arc, the arc described by the sun during the daytime or while above the horizon; hence, the arc described by the moon or a star from rising to setting. -- Diurnal circle, the apparent circle described by a celestial body in consequence of the earth's rotation. -- Diurnal motion of the earth, the motion of the earth upon its axis which is described in twentyfour hours. -- Diurnal motion of a heavenly body, that apparent motion of the heavenly body which is due to the earth's diurnal motion. -- Diurnal parallax. See under Parallax. -- Diurnal revolution of a planet, the motion of the planet upon its own axis which constitutes one complete revolution.

 

Syn. -- See Daily.

 

DIURNAL

Di *ur "nal, n. Etym: [Cf. F. diurnal a prayerbook. See Diurnal, a.]

 

1. A daybook; a journal. [Obs. ] Tatler.

 

2. (R. C. Ch. )

 

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

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A diurnal bird or insect.

 

DIURNALIST

DIURNALIST Di *ur "nal *ist, n.

 

Defn: A journalist. [Obs. ] Bp. Hall.

 

DIURNALLY

DIURNALLY Di *ur "nal *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Daily; every day.

 

DIURNALNESS

DIURNALNESS Di *ur "nal *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being diurnal.

 

DIURNATION

DIURNATION Di `ur *na "tion, n.

 

1. Continuance during the day. [Obs. ]

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is the case of the bats.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

diurnal

di ur nal |dīˈərnl daɪˈərnl | ▶adjective 1 of or during the day. • Zoology (of animals ) active in the daytime. • Botany (of flowers ) open only during the day. 2 daily; of each day: diurnal rhythms. • Astronomy of or resulting from the daily rotation of the earth. DERIVATIVES di ur nal ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (as a term in astronomy ): from late Latin diurnalis, from Latin diurnus ‘daily, ’ from dies ‘day. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

diurnal

diurnal |dʌɪˈəːn (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 of or during the day. • Zoology (of animals ) active in the daytime. • Botany (of flowers ) open only during the day. 2 daily; of each day: diurnal rhythms. • Astronomy of or resulting from the daily rotation of the earth: diurnal aberration. DERIVATIVES diurnally adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (as a term in astronomy ): from late Latin diurnalis, from Latin diurnus ‘daily ’, from dies ‘day ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

diurnal

diurnal adjective the patient's moods are determined by diurnal events: daily, everyday, quotidian, occurring every /each day.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

diurnal

diurnal adjective 1 the patient's mood is determined by diurnal events: daily, everyday, day-to-day, quotidian; occurring every day, occurring each day; technical circadian. 2 flight demands good eyesight, so birds tend to be diurnal | a diurnal predator: active during the day, non-nocturnal; daytime.

 

Duden Dictionary

Diurnal

Di ur nal Substantiv, Neutrum , das Diurnale |Diurn a l |lateinisch-mittellateinisch ; »das Tägliche «Gebetbuch der katholischen Geistlichen mit den Tagesgebeten; Auszug aus dem Brevier 1a

 

Diurnale

Di ur na le Substantiv, Neutrum , das Diurnal |Diurn a le |das Diurnale; Genitiv: des Diurnale, Plural: die Diurnalia lateinisch-mittellateinisch ; »das Tägliche «Gebetbuch der katholischen Geistlichen mit den Tagesgebeten; Auszug aus dem Brevier 1a

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

diurnal

di ur nal /daɪə́ː r n (ə )l /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 昼間の, 日中の ; (動物が )昼行性の ; (植物が )昼間開く (↔nocturnal ).2 毎日の, 毎日起こる (daily ); 〘天 〙日周の .