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"During my acquaintance with him in the City of Diurnal Night I had never known his views on life, romance, literature, and ethics."
For many years Pittsburg's massive consumption of coal in its industries sent enough soot into the area to almost turn day into night.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Definition: \Di*ur"nal\, a. [L. diurnalis, fr. dies day. See
{Deity}, and cf. {Journal}.]
1. Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of
daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to
{nocturnal}; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.
2. 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.
Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring Their
fiery torcher his diurnal ring. --Shak.
3. (Bot.) Opening during the day, and closing at night; --
said of flowers or leaves.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Active by day; -- applied especially to the
eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies
(Diurna) among insects.
{Diurnal aberration} (Anat.), the aberration of light arising
from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent
direction of motion of light.
{Diurnal arc}, the arc described by the sun during the
daytime or while above the horizon; hence, the arc
described by the moon or a star from rising to setting.
{Diurnal circle}, the apparent circle described by a
celestial body in consequence of the earth's rotation.
{Diurnal motion of the earth}, the motion of the earth upon
its axis which is described in twenty-four hours.
{Diurnal motion of a heavenly body}, that apparent motion of
the heavenly body which is due to the earth's diurnal
motion.
{Diurnal parallax}. See under {Parallax}.
{Diurnal revolution of a planet}, the motion of the planet
upon its own axis which constitutes one complete
revolution.
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It is sometimes interesting that we have so many words--so many synonyms and nuances--of common words, such as love and hate, yet so few words for other common concepts.
I haven't hit a synonym finder yet, but the idea of 'daily' is certainly very, very common, yet are there many words that are synonymous with it? Yes, diurnal, 'day by day,' and 'day-in, day-out' (sort of)...
What others might there be?
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