Definitions | diurnal |
| noun
- A flower that opens only in the day
- A book containing canonical offices but not matins
- (dated) A diary or journal.
- (dated) A daily news publication.
adjective
- Occurring daily
- Primarily active during the day.
- (botany) Open during daylight hours, closed at night
- Repeated or recurring daily. Having a daily cycle of completed actions in 24 hours and recurring every 24 hours. Thus, most reference is made to diurnal tasks, cycles, tides, or sunrise to sunset.
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