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The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.

By day, or every day; in the daytime. [Obs.] Fielding.

the horizon, by the sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night. Electric arc, Voltaic arc. See under Voltaic.

the land, generally at night. -- Sea breeze, a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the daytime, from the sea.

A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night. [U.S.]

sion of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.

Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to Ant: nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.

er right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known. The motion in right ascension is sometimes communicated by clockwork, so as to keep the object constantly in the field of the telescope. Called…

e; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.

A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. See SoirÉe.

The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to Ant: daytime.

iddle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

n the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug.

ing season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid.