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Definition of Diurnal variation
1. Noun. Fluctuations that occur during each day.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diurnal Variation
Literary usage of Diurnal variation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1877)
"... to doubt that the true explanation of the large features of the diurnal
variation of the barometer is to be found in the diurnal variation of the •wind. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The mean annual value of the solar-diurnal variation Ii of what may be called
the northerly type in places of middle latitude in the northern hemisphere, ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1902)
"... THE diurnal variation OF ENERGY IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. We will now proceed
to a more specific summary of the facts regarding the distribution and ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"The diurnal variation of the earth-currents was well marked, ... An examination
of the equations for the mean diurnal variation for the different years ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1861)
"The discussion now presented, is of the regular solar-diurnal variation and ...
The solar diurnal variation for each month is readily traced in the table, ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1922)
"In dealing with the question of a diurnal variation of clock rates it may be
necessary to introduce some reservations—to employ the language of recent ..."
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