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‖ nychthemeron|nɪkˈθiːmərɒn|
Also nycth-.
[a. Gr. νυχθήµερον, neut. of νυχθήµερος lasting for a day and a night, f. νύξ, νυκτ- night + ἥµερα day.]
A period of twenty-four hours, consisting of a day and a night.
1682H. More Annot. Glanvill's Lux O. 115 Onely the shadowy Vale of the Night will be cast over them once in a Nycthemeron. 1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v. Gout, About two or three o'clock in the morning (the space of a nychthemeron from its access). 1882Morton Heroes Sci., Astron. 51 Tables of the prosthapheresis and nychthemeron are given. 1882Nature XXVI. 79/2 The year was regarded by them as an extended nycthemeron. |