Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.
A small volume containing the daily service for the "little hours," viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.
A diurnal bird or insect.
pertaining to the day; having a cyclic nature involving the 24-hour day; prolactin levels are at their peak in the early morning- they have a diurnal variation; calcium utilization appears highest in the evening close to bedtime
Active by day; as opposed to nocturnal.
Latin diurnalis, daily -- a service book containing prayers for the daytime canonical hours.
Pertaining to the daylight hours; opposite of nocturnal
of flowers, opening only during daylight hours.
Pertaining to the daylight portion of the 24-h day.
Refers to events that occur during the day
Having a daily cycle or rhythm.
recurring every day; having a daily cycle
repeating daily; pertaining to daylight hours (opposite: nocturnal)
Active by daylight; the opposite of nocturnal. Ecological niche - That special place in a community occupied by a living thing. Who are its "friends and enemies," what does it give to the community, what does it take away? Its "place in society-what it does for a living."
Recurring daily. Diurnal processes on Earth repeat themselves every 24 hours but on the Moon repeat every 28 Earth days. The length of a lunar day is 28 Earth days.
The usual biological variation within a 24-hour day.
Showing a periodic alteration of condition with day and night, such as the fluctuation of air temperature.
of or pertaining to a day ; occurring over a 24-hour period.
Daily. As in the diurnal motion of the stars, which is their apparent daily rotation around the sky.
Referring to the cycle of daily activity/rest in animals which are active by day.
having a daily cycle or occurring every day; "diurnal rhythms"; "diurnal rotation of the heavens"; "the diurnal slumber of bats"
a figure of the transits for a particular day but since it is based on the natal birth time, it can be used as a personal daily horoscope and is rather like a daily return
Occurring or active only in daylight.
Variation over 24 hours i.e. between day and night
Coming out or living in the daylight.
Daily occurrence; related to actions which are completed in the course of a calendar day, and which typically recur every calendar day (e.g., diurnal temperature rises during the day, and diurnal falls at night).
Having a period of, occurring in, or related to a day.
Applies to a location that normally experiences one high water and one low water during a tidal day of approximately 24 hours.
Daily, especially pertaining to cyclic actions which are completed within 24 hours, and which recur every 24 hours, such as temperature, relative humidity and wind.
occurring during the daytime, or occurring daily.
most active during the day.
(adj.) Open (or growing) in the daytime and closed in the night.
A creature which is predominantly active during the day.
active in the daylight and sleeps at night.
Active during the day; opposite of nocturnal.
Daily, usually applied to events or cycles that repeat on daily intervals.
active during the day The robins, cardinals and blue jays we saw on our picnic at the park are diurnal birds.
Occurring every day or having a daily cycle.
daily; happens once a day
during the daytime. The diurnal resting places of mosquitoes, especially newly-fed females, may be important in malaria control.
Refers to snakes which are active during the day.
Active during daylight hours.
performed in or belonging to the daytime; opposite of nocturnal
' n'l) An animal that is active during the daytime.
The lowest temperature point and the highest temperature point of the day represent the diurnal range. Napa Valley has a wide diurnal range with its hot days and cool nights.
Blossoms opening only during the day.
Active during daylight ( cf. nocturnal and crepuscular).
having a daily cycle, i.e., one daytime and one nighttime period
The daily variation in a natural field, normally used to describe the natural fluctuations (over hours and days) of the earth’s magnetic field.
dii-err-Nal) Hunting, feeding, and general living during the day time.
Occurring in the daytime. A patient may have a diurnal fever rather than a nocturnal one. Diurnal also can refer to recurring every day.
Performed in twenty-four hours, such as the diurnal revolution of the Earth.
daily; related to actions which are completed during a single calendar day, and which typically recur every calendar day (e.g., diurnal temperature cycle of temperature increase and decrease)
Literally of the day, but here meaning having a period or a TIDAL DAY, i.e. about 24.84 hours. See Figure 11.
Daily. Of, or belonging to, the daytime.
Active primarily during the day
Varying with time of day. Diurnal rhythms may persist when the organism is placed in an environment devoid of time cues, such as constant light or constant darkness. Therefore, diurnal variations can be either light driven or clock driven. For comparison, see circadian.
Active during the day and asleep at night.
Having a daily cycle, occurring in the daytime.
Active and feeding during the day.
If your reptile or amphibian is diurnal, this means that they are active during the day.
active during the day, 2. lasting for one day.
(Primatology) Active during the day and sleep at night. Apart from people who work the night shift, and students most humans are diurnal.
An organism that is active during the day, and sleeping at night.
From the Latin diurnus, daily. Refers to the southern (upper) hemisphere of a horoscope, the "day" section of a horoscope, that part of the heavens that appears above the Earth's horizon.
Diurnal means pertaining to or occurring in the daytime; opposite of nocturnal. Diurnal also means repeating once each 24 hours.
Refers to daylight activities, or organisms most active during daylight. See DIEL.
daytime (as opposed to nocturnal, night-time)
Describes an animal that is most active during hours of daylight. Humans and most birds are good examples.
active during daylight. Dominant - an allele that can determine the phenotype whether heterozygous or homozygous.
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime.
The term means "active during the day." Compare with "crepuscular" and "nocturnal." The Purple Martin, along with the vast majority of birds, are diurnal in their habits, although they do some nocturnal migrating.
active mainly during the daytime.
Refers to animals that are active during the day.
Diurnal is the name given to a day chart, where the Sun is above the horizon in houses 7 to 12.
Describes the behavior of being active during the day.
Daily, or the daily cycle. A diurnal plot is usually a representative midnight-to-midnight graph of values measured at a smaller time interval (e.g., hourly or 5-minute values).
Active during the day. See crepuscular, nocturnal.
active during the daytime rather than at night.
Usually active during the day
things that are happening in the daytime or every day
active or occurring during the daytime; repeating once each day.
Planets above the horizon (between the first and seventh cusps via the Mid-Heaven), versus Nocturnal: below the horizon.
Pertaining to actions or events that occur during a twenty-four hour cycle or recurs every twenty-four hours. Meteorological elements that are measured diurnally include clouds, precipitation, pressure, relative humidity, temperature, and wind.