diurnal

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Diurnal preference also manifests as differences in normal sleep.

From Scientific American • Feb. 11, 2014

Hudibras is made happy at the idea that he may be Register’d by fame eternal, In deathless pages of Diurnal.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

First, the Diurnal Reciprocation; whereby twice in somewhat more than 24. hours, we have a Floud and an Ebbe; or a High-water and Low-water.

From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry

Diurnal Changes of Humidity at Different Altitudes.—It is found that as night approaches the humidity at the altitude of 1000 metres diminishes, while at the earth it increases.

From Sounding the Ocean of Air by Rotch, A. Lawrence

Of the Diurnal motion of the Earth and Planets.

From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Jones, Thomas P.