Diurnal

Definition:

  • (a.) Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.
  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves.
  • (a.) Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.
  • (a.) A daybook; a journal.
  • (a.) A small volume containing the daily service for the "little hours," viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.
  • (a.) A diurnal bird or insect.

Compare diurnal with other words:

diurnal vs. seasonal

diurnal vs. diurnalness

diurnal vs. mobile

diurnal vs. rabbitfish

diurnal vs. gloaming

diurnal vs. hawk

diurnal vs. muscovite

cossack vs. diurnal

diurnal vs. journal

diary vs. diurnal

diurnal vs. office

canonical vs. diurnal

book vs. diurnal

diurnal vs. flower

day vs. diurnal

diurnal vs. nightly

crepuscular vs. diurnal

circadian vs. diurnal

diurnal vs. once

daily vs. diurnal

diurnal vs. quotidian

diurnal vs. sunrise

diurnal vs. sunset

cycle vs. diurnal

diurnal vs. perfume

diurnal vs. open

active vs. diurnal

diurnal vs. occur

daylight vs. diurnal

butterfly vs. diurnal

diurnal vs. nocturnal