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DIURNAL VARIATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diurnal variation mean?
• DIURNAL VARIATION (noun)
The noun DIURNAL VARIATION has 1 sense:
1. fluctuations that occur during each day
Familiarity information: DIURNAL VARIATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fluctuations that occur during each day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("diurnal variation" is a kind of...):
fluctuation; variation (an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change)
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