What does noctidial mean?
Noctidial means (rare, possibly obsolete) Comprising a night and a day..
Noctidial
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
(rare, possibly obsolete) Comprising a night and a day..
Example Sentences
A noctidial period on Earth is 24 hours long.
The Noctidial Day, the Lunar Periodic Month, and the Solar Year are Natural and Universal; but Incommensurate each to other, and difficult to be reconciled: Yet we are constrained to make use of them, as Measures […]
[…] I extended my peragration of the occident in an austrine direction. After the profection of a noctidial period, I espied an ample concourse […]
Farewell to noctidial sittings, / Snatched naps, and occasional "nips"! / Good-bye to swift-bolted bun-lunches, / To tasks which I did not expect, […]
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How do you use noctidial in a sentence?
A noctidial period on Earth is 24 hours long.
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