Diurnal

[daɪ'ɜːn(ə)l] or [daɪ'ɝnl]

Definition

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) having a daily cycle or occurring every day; 'diurnal rotation of the heavens' .

Inputed by Byron--From WordNet

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.

Typist: Mason

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Daily, quotidian.

Edited by Hugh

Definition

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.

Typed by Gus