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SEMIDIURNAL
Etymology
Adjective
semidiurnal (not comparable)
Twice daily (usually of tides).
Accomplished in half a day.
(entomology) Flying in twilight.
Source: Wiktionary
Sem`i*di*ur"nal, a.
1. Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours; occurring twice every day.
2. Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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