opposite of nocturnal

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• Nocturnal (instrument) — A nocturnal as costume jewellery. This is a functioning nocturnal, though only about 5 cm tall. It shows the month ring on the outside in brass. The silver coloured inner disk shows the time and has an indicator on one edge. By setting the… …   Wikipedia

• nocturnal — Pertaining to the hours of darkness; opposite of diurnal (1). [L. nocturnus, of the night] * * * noc·tur·nal näk tərn əl adj 1) of, relating to, or occurring at night <nocturnal myoclonus> 2) characterized by nocturnal activity <a… …   Medical dictionary

• Diurnal — Occurring in the daytime. A patient may have a diurnal fever rather than a nocturnal one. Diurnal also can refer to recurring every day. Pronounced die URN ul, it comes from the Latin dies for day, the root of many words including circadian… …   Medical dictionary

• photoreception — photoreceptive, adj. /foh toh ri sep sheuhn/, n. the physiological perception of light. [1905 10; PHOTO + RECEPTION] * * * Biological responses to stimulation by light, most often referring to the mechanism of vision. In one celled organisms such …   Universalium

• climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …   Universalium

• JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

• Gray mouse lemur — Eukaryota Gray mouse lemur[1] Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Finnegans Wake — infobox Book | name = Finnegans Wake title orig = translator = author = James Joyce cover artist = country = language = English series = genre = Sui generis publisher = Faber and Faber release date = 4 May 1939 media type = Print (Hardcover… …   Wikipedia