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sesquidiurnal

sesquidiurnal adjective: based on a cycle of 36 hours (one-and-a-half days).

Adjective

sesquidiurnal (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Based on a cycle of 36 hours (one-and-a-half days)

Origin of sesquidiurnal

From New Latin sēsquidiurnus + English -al. Equivalent to sesqui- + diurnal.

Questions about sesquidiurnal

What does sesquidiurnal mean?
Sesquidiurnal means based on a cycle of 36 hours (one-and-a-half days).
What part of speech is sesquidiurnal?
Sesquidiurnal is an adjective.

Words near sesquidiurnal in the dictionary

  1. sesquicentennials
  2. sesquicentury
  3. sesquichloride
  4. sesquichlorides
  5. sesquidecennial
  6. sesquidiurnal
  7. sesquiduple
  8. sesquiduplicate
  9. sesquiennial
  10. sesquifumarate
  11. sesquifumarates

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