Thesaurus: diurnal

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1. a. Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.
2. 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.
3. a. Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves.
4. a. Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.
5. a. A daybook; a journal.
6. a. A small volume containing the daily service for the "little hours," viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.
7. a. A diurnal bird or insect.
8. adj. of or belonging to or active during the day
9. adj. having a daily cycle or occurring every day
10. Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said offlowers or leaves.
11. j:100 a. of or belonging to or active during the day s. having a daily cycle or occurring every day