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hemeral

Syllables: he·me·ral

hemeral adjective: daily; circadian; cyclical, with a period of 24 hours.

Adjective

hemeral (not comparable)

  1. Daily; circadian; cyclical, with a period of 24 hours
    • Photostimulation at 22 weeks of age was done with either a normal, hemeral day (14 hours of light; 10 hours of darkness) or a long ahemeral day (14 hours of light; 14 hours of darkness).2003, Frank Edwin Robinson, Gaylene Marie Fasenko, Robert Allen Renema, New Developments in Reproduction and Incubation of Broiler Chickens, page 116

Origin of hemeral

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”).

Words formed from hemeral

Questions about hemeral

What does hemeral mean?
Hemeral means daily; circadian; cyclical, with a period of 24 hours.
What part of speech is hemeral?
Hemeral is an adjective.

Words near hemeral in the dictionary

  1. Hemenways
  2. hemeostasis
  3. hemeprotein
  4. hemeproteins
  5. Hemera
  6. hemeral
  7. hemeralope
  8. hemeralopes
  9. hemeralopia
  10. hemeralopias
  11. hemeralopic

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