More specifically we looked at gene expression diurnally in leaves and tubers, during tuber induction and in tubers growing at different velocities. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
Temperatures can vary more diurnally than seasonally. From Wordnik.com. [Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil] Reference
Be suspicious of anything that varies seasonally or diurnally. From Wordnik.com. [ICR throws in towel -- then reaches for another - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Fishes can feed either diurnally (during the day) or nocturnally (at night). From Wordnik.com. [Coral reef fish feeding behavior in the Caribbean] Reference
In general, the level of dissolved oxygen in the surface water varies diurnally with algal photosynthesis during the day. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
It wasn't the first time they had encoun'tered a plant that boasted two distinctly different types of flower, one blooming diurnally and its counterpart noc'turnally. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
In certain positions on the coast, and especially at San Francisco, the winds rise diurnally, and blowing fresh upon the shore render the temperature cool in midsummer. From Wordnik.com. [What I Saw in California] Reference
It wasn't the first time they had encountered a plant that boasted two distinctly different types of flower, one blooming diurnally and its counterpart nocturnally. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
(These folks are trying to function both nocturnally and diurnally this time of year, hence the tired, squirrely look to their eyes.), and have already confirmed over 60 ferrets running around out there in the wild. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Miss Prosody, quite genial and urbane after luncheon, was deep in consultation with the boatman as to the locality of certain ferns she proposed spudding up for her pet rockery at "The Maples," where her lighter hours were diurnally spent in washing and tending her spoils. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
What the word was, Mr. Pickwick could not distinguish; but he rather inferred that it must be some nickname which distinguished Mr. Martin, from the fact of a great number of gentlemen on the ground below, immediately proceeding to cry ‘Butcher!’ in imitation of the tone in which that useful class of society are wont, diurnally, to make their presence known at area railings. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
Voluntary energy intake finisher pigs exposed diurnally fluctuating high temperature. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
The pain could get worse in individual cases in a particular season and even diurnally. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
A comparison of the daily registers kept at present with those diurnally consigned in the. From Wordnik.com. [The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76] Reference
I think we should diurnally station a good London band on high, and play his Majesty to bed -- the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Harrington — Complete] Reference
Why or how does seven-and-sixpence diurnally represent one the equal of the best in any society of the land?. From Wordnik.com. [Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General] Reference
"Essentially the building lives diurnally," Fitzgibben said, "cooling itself in preparation for the next day.". From Wordnik.com. [National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals] Reference
Mr. Gladstone, and had a facsimile of the scourge by which Mr. Cardwell diurnally chastened his natural instincts. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Kilgobbin] Reference
Armed with the authority and example of loyalty, for even that renowned monarch -- Old King Cole -- was diurnally want to call for. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches — Complete] Reference
Time-of-use (TOU) rate: A rate where the price of electricity either varies diurnally (by time period within a day) or seasonally. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The problem of high-water velocity during fishing hours could be further mitigated by varying the releases from the dam diurnally, whereby more would be released between, say, 9 at night and 3 in the morning. From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
It is diurnally active, lives among humid leaf litter and can on occasion be seen in large numbers in the Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar reserve and nearby, old-growth, lower montane (up to 1,800m in altitude) forest of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
The sun and the moon are the torches by which we study its splendid pages, turning diurnally for our perusal, and in star and flower alike dwells the lore which we cannot formulate into thought, but can only come indescribably to know by loving the pictures. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Roads and Other Essays] Reference
In a later sequence, as Alex is growing and healthy, sporting a head of dark red hair and bright blue eyes, he lies on his parents 'bed, learning, just barely, to crawl, and seated across the room from him at a short, yet impassable distance is his diurnally diminishing dad. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
Ecuador or toppled over the spires and dwellings of Peru could compare, in the matter of dogged pertinacity, with that earthquake which diurnally and hourly shocked little Gertie's dwelling, quivered the white dimity curtains of little Gertie's bed and shook little Gertie's frame. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Horse] Reference
This remarkable thing had one immense mast in the middle of it, supported by six stays, like the Norse galleys of old, but it had no yards; for, although the sea was indeed its home, and it incessantly braved the fury of the storm, diurnally cleft the waters of flood and ebb-tide, and gallantly breasted the billows of ocean all the year round, it had no need of sails. From Wordnik.com. [The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
What the word was, Mr. Pickwick could not distinguish; but he rather inferred that it must be some nickname which distinguished Mr. Martin, from the fact of a great number of gentlemen on the ground below, immediately proceeding to cry 'Butcher!' in imitation of the tone in which that useful class of society are wont, diurnally, to make their presence known at area railings. From Wordnik.com. [The Pickwick Papers] Reference
We had a great line-up of speakers, from undergraduate to professor, that are actively pushing our understanding of how streams and groundwater interact in environments from the hydropower-generating diurnally-fluctuating Colorado River in Austin, Texas (Bayani Cardenas, Katelyn Gerecht) to the possibility of modern recharge to the Great Artesian Basin in the center of Australia (Brad Wolaver working on the Finke River). From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Upstairs he walked around thinking of the matter and laying out his climbing clothes advantageously on the faint heater; he again encountered Nicole’s telegram, still unopened, with which diurnally she accompanied his itinerary. From Wordnik.com. [Tender is the Night] Reference
S. macrurus and found that EOD amplitude varies diurnally (. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference
The attourneys academy: or, The manner and forme of proceeding practically, vpon any suite, plaint, or action whatsoeuer, in any court of record whatsoeuer, within this kingdome: especially, in the great courts at Westminster, to whose motion all other courts of law or equitie; as well those of the two prouinciall counsailes, those of Guild-Hall London; as those of like cities and townes corporate, and all other of record are diurnally moued: with the moderne and most vsuall fees of the officers and ministers of such courts. From Wordnik.com. [Inventory of Robert Carter's Estate, November [1733]] Reference
Why, with all the arts lending their aid; with steam, with electricity, with the painter's skill, condensed by the most powerful intellects; with midnight toil, and daily effort to produce that "map of busy life," which is diurnally, almost hourly, spread out before us, and for a consideration, too, which in many instances is not equivalent to the cost of the material upon which it is sketched: with the lightning harmlessly conducting along the pliant wire, stretched from one end of the continent to the other, thoughts which have annihilated time: with another element, which has nearly obliterated space, they are spread over its face; and by another application of the same magic power are wafted hundreds and hundreds of miles, and thrown upon your lap, damp and reeking, ere yet the process has had time to dry. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
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