The diurnal sun sets at night, but the sun of the heart never disappears. From LearnThat.org. [Abd al-Kader (1807-1883), Arab mystic.]
diurnal rhythms. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
diurnal animals are active during the day. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Apparently, McLeanian logic tells us that the rotation of the earth also explains the seasons, considering how well it correlates with the short-term diurnal variation. From Wordnik.com. [McLean whinges] Reference
Scientists have now observed that one of these atmospheric tides, known as diurnal wavenumber. From Wordnik.com. [Science Blog] Reference
There is also a great difference between day and night high water; the difference between them is called the diurnal tide. From Wordnik.com. [The Tides] Reference
Thursday and Friday will both feature "diurnal" cloudiness, which means some morning sunshine followed by increasing clouds and mostly cloudy afternoons. From Wordnik.com. [Reader - MassLive.com] Reference
My search revealed the words "diurnal," "dewlap," "osmoregulation," and "Guatemala," all technical terms that relate to the iguana in some way, shape or form. From Wordnik.com. [Staff Blogs] Reference
These tides are called diurnal tides. From Wordnik.com. [Tide] Reference
Their memories with mine their diurnal course run. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
The day was uncommonly quiet; even the diurnal fling at. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
That is a society of less pronounced seasonal and diurnal rhythms. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Baldwin: The 24/7/365 Society vs. La Dolce Vita] Reference
In that great diurnal of the eighteenth-century navy, the Captains '. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
Mobile, which in its diurnal revolution carried round with it all the other spheres. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
The climate is dry and sultry, the diurnal range of the Thermometer being from 28 to 32 degrees. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Cæsar, in his consulship, ordered the diurnal acts of the senate and the people to be published. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864] Reference
The journal of his life lay open before me; I could count the diurnal throbbings of that noble heart. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
No doubt it is our diurnal duty to preach that the soul of all improvement is the improvement of the soul. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Progress] Reference
Our diurnal revolutions are so rapid, and the atmosphere so magnetically luminous, that it is never dark here. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Visitors] Reference
I evolve from being plainly pale to being bedaubed with every obtainable hue in the hours of diurnal privilege. From Wordnik.com. [NATURAE] Reference
And the king said unto him, 'Return quick, O adorable sir, after performing thy diurnal ablutions and observances.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
It is the moment of the interlude, the hour of dine, and Paris is busied in the most important of its diurnal acts. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847] Reference
To suppose that the traditional nine-to-five world is normal is to indulge the provincialism of our diurnal species. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Baldwin: The 24/7/365 Society vs. La Dolce Vita] Reference
In the second stage, as in the first, the pollutions are diurnal and nocturnal; the latter are copious and recur frequently. From Wordnik.com. [Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc.] Reference
Manson does not incline to the view that there is a diurnal intermittent reproduction of embryos with a corresponding destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference
But the refinements of the methods employed allow the diurnal variations both of velocity and altitude to be successfully measured. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887] Reference
It is evident that the forms of animal life on the globe are necessarily determined by the periodic law of the Earth's diurnal rotation. From Wordnik.com. [Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge] Reference
Europeans who taught that the Earth and Planets turn round the Sun, which stands immovable in the centre; -- that the diurnal motion of the. From Wordnik.com. [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference
William Wordsworth found release from self in nature, where his spirit "Rolled round in earth's diurnal course/With rocks and stones and trees.". From Wordnik.com. [Faith Is More Than A Feeling] Reference
The three motions ascribed to the Earth are -- (1) The diurnal rotation on her axis; (2) her annual revolution round the Sun; (3) Precession of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
We heard a fine lecture respecting the experiment of Foucault, by which the diurnal rotation of the earth is said to be rendered visible to the eye. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
Daily life most probably will not change too much; people will still be diurnal and will want to sleep, eat and reproduce much the way they do today. From Wordnik.com. [Frank A. Weil: The Year 3010 Seen From Today] Reference
On the whole, the position was becoming somewhat serious, particularly for those whose nerves were unaccustomed to the uproar of diurnal thunderstorms. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
The diurnal swiftness of the orbs that move round the Earth he attributes to God's omnipotence, that to material bodies 'could add speed almost spiritual.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Moon's diurnal libration, a variation in the visible edges of the Moon caused by its oscillatory motion, and the diurnal rotation of the Earth on her axis. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Certainly not; with the exception of the wide diurnal range of temperature in winter in the southern "continental" districts, as at Cambooya and Thargomindah. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
The mean diurnal curve brings into prominence the constant diminution of the declination and the much greater importance of the perturbations during the summer months. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884] Reference
The cause of the nocturnal singing of birds that do not go abroad during the night and are strictly diurnal in all their other habits has never been satisfactorily explained. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859] Reference
It seemed odd to him that in all these diurnal commutes between wakefulness and sleep that the mind should continue to allow either of these two states to overwhelm the other. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
But the first question we should ask, before proceeding to our speculative synthesis, should rather be the length of the planet's diurnal rotation and annual revolution periods. From Wordnik.com. [Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge] Reference
Let us now turn our attention to those diurnal birds that sing in the night as well as in the day, and which might be comprehended under the general appellation of Nightingales. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859] Reference
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