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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesnycthéméral
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /nik.te.me.ʁal/
"Les chercheurs ont analysé le cycle nycthéméral des poissons."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Relating to, or occurring within, a 24-hour period; most commonly used in ecological and biological contexts to describe daily cycles.
"Researchers monitored the diel vertical migration of zooplankton in the lake."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek word 'diēmera', meaning a whole day, formed from 'di-' (through) and 'hēmera' (day). It entered specialized scientific terminology in the mid-20th century to describe biological or chemical cycles occurring over a 24-hour period.
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nycthéméral
Transliteration: /nik.te.me.ʁal/
"Les chercheurs ont analysé le cycle nycthéméral des poissons."
diel
Transliteration: /diˈeːl/
"Die Studie untersucht die dielen Schwankungen der Wassertemperatur."
nitteremerale
Transliteration: /nit.te.re.meˈra.le/
"Il ciclo nitteremerale influenza l'attività della fauna."
nicteremeral
Transliteration: /nik.te.ɾe.meˈɾal/
"El ritmo nicteremeral regula el comportamiento de varias especies."
nicteremeral
Transliteration: /niʃ.te.ɾe.meˈɾaw/
"O ciclo nicteremeral afeta o plâncton marinho."
दैनिक
Transliteration: dainik
"यह अध्ययन जीवों के दैनिक चक्र का विश्लेषण करता है।"
昼夜的
Transliteration: zhòuyè de
"研究人员观察了浮游生物的昼夜垂直迁徙。"
주야의
Transliteration: ju-ya-ui
"이 연구는 생물의 주야간 주기를 측정합니다."
昼夜の
Transliteration: chūya no
"プランクトンの昼夜の移動が調査されました。"
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