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   diurnal

   /dʌɪˈəːnl/

   adjective

   • 1. of or during the day. Similar active during the daynon-nocturnaldaytime
   • ▪ (of animals) active in the daytime.
   • ▪ (of flowers) open only during the day.
   • 2. daily; of each day: "diurnal rhythms" Similar dailyeverydayday-to-dayquotidianoccurring every dayoccurring each daytechnical:circadian
   • ▪ of or resulting from the daily rotation of the earth: "diurnal aberration"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a term in astronomy): from late Latin diurnalis, from Latin diurnus ‘daily’, from dies ‘day’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. diurnally adverb

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