Definition of Diurnal variation

1. Noun. Fluctuations that occur during each day.

Generic synonyms: Fluctuation, Variation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diurnal Variation

diuresis
diuretic
diuretic drug
diuretical
diuretically
diuretick
diuretics
diurna
diurnal
diurnal arc
diurnal arcs
diurnal enuresis
diurnal parallax
diurnal periodicity
diurnal rhythm
diurnal variation (current term)
diurnalist
diurnalists
diurnally
diurnalness
diurnals
diurnation
diurnule
diuron
diurons
diuturnal
diuturnity
div
diva
diva-ish

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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