Meanings
adjectivehemeral (not comparable)
- not comparableDaily; 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*Héh₂mr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*ā́mər
- Ancient Greekἦμαρ (êmar)
- Ancient Greekἡμέρα (hēméra)
- Englishhemeral
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”).
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