French Meaning of diurnal

diurne

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Definitions and Meaning of diurnal in English

Wordnet

diurnal (a)

of or belonging to or active during the day

Wordnet

diurnal (s)

having a daily cycle or occurring every day

Webster

diurnal (a.)

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

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.

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

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

A daybook; a journal.

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

A diurnal bird or insect.

FAQs About the word diurnal

diurne

of or belonging to or active during the day, having a daily cycle or occurring every dayRelating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguis

quotidien,continu,cyclique,au jour le jour,récurrent,alternatif,incessant,continuel,continué,continu

mensuel,hebdomadaire,annuel,erratique,peu fréquent,irrégulier,occasionnel,spasmodique,spastique

diurna => diurne, diuril => diurétique, diureticalness => diurétique, diuretical => Diurétique, diuretic drug => Diurétique,