Diurnal

By Deane Barker • •

Definition: happening daily

This is literally from a Latin word meanin “daily.” It refers to something that generally follows a daily cycle, or occurs once per day.

Why I Looked It Up

From Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet:

[Deliverly times] have become much more complex, with interesting diurnal cycles related to computers being turned on and off as the Earth rotates.

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