Daytime

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Day \Day\ (d[=a]), n. [OE. day, dai, dei, AS. d[ae]g; akin to
     OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag, G. tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf.
     Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. [root]69. Cf. {Dawn}.]
     1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the
        next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to
        darkness; hence, the light; sunshine; -- also called


        {daytime}.
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     2. The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. --
        ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured
        by the interval between two successive transits of a
        celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a
        specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the
        sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits
        of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a
        {solar day}; if it is a star, a {sidereal day}; if it is
        the moon, a {lunar day}. See {Civil day}, {Sidereal day},
        below.
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     3. Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by
        usage or law for work.
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     4. A specified time or period; time, considered with
        reference to the existence or prominence of a person or
        thing; age; time.
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              A man who was great among the Hellenes of his day.
                                                    --Jowett
                                                    (Thucyd. )
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              If my debtors do not keep their day, . . .
              I must with patience all the terms attend. --Dryden.
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     5. (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of
        contest, some anniversary, etc.
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              The field of Agincourt,
              Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus. --Shak.
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              His name struck fear, his conduct won the day.
                                                    --Roscommon.
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     Note: Day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as,
           daybreak, daylight, workday, etc.
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     {Anniversary day}. See {Anniversary}, n.
  
     {Astronomical day}, a period equal to the mean solar day, but
        beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four
        hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day,
        as that most used by astronomers.
  
     {Born days}. See under {Born}.
  
     {Canicular days}. See {Dog day}.
  
     {Civil day}, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary
        reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning
        at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two
        series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized
        by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and
        Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews
        at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight.
        
  
     {Day blindness}. (Med.) See {Nyctalopia}.
  
     {Day by day}, or {Day after day}, daily; every day;
        continually; without intermission of a day. See under
        {By}. "Day by day we magnify thee." --Book of Common
        Prayer.
  
     {Days in bank} (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return
        of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called
        because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench,
        or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill.
  
     {Day in court}, a day for the appearance of parties in a
        suit.
  
     {Days of devotion} (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which
        devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley.
  
     {Days of grace}. See {Grace}.
  
     {Days of obligation} (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is
        obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley.
  
     {Day owl}, (Zool.), an owl that flies by day. See {Hawk owl}.
        
  
     {Day rule} (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished)
        allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go
        beyond the prison limits for a single day.
  
     {Day school}, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in
        distinction from a boarding school.
  
     {Day sight}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}.
  
     {Day's work} (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's
        course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon.
  
     {From day to day}, as time passes; in the course of time; as,
        he improves from day to day.
  
     {Jewish day}, the time between sunset and sunset.
  
     {Mean solar day} (Astron.), the mean or average of all the
        apparent solar days of the year.
  
     {One day}, {One of these days}, at an uncertain time, usually
        of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. "Well,
        niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband."
        --Shak.
  
     {Only from day to day}, without certainty of continuance;
        temporarily. --Bacon.
  
     {Sidereal day}, the interval between two successive transits
        of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The
        Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time.
  
     {To win the day}, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S.
        Butler.
  
     {Week day}, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day.
        
  
     {Working day}.
        (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction
            from Sundays and legal holidays.
        (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom,
            during which a workman, hired at a stated price per
            day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  daytime \day"time`\ (d[=a]"t[imac]m`), n.
     The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished
     from the night; same as {day}, 1; as, during the daytime.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  daytime
       adj : happening during or appropriate to the day; "a daytime job";
             "daytime television"; "daytime clothes" [ant: {nighttime}]
       n : the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light
           outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier
           to make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: {day}, {daylight}]
           [ant: {night}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "daytime":
     broad day, dawn, day, day glow, daylight, dayshine, daytide, dusk,
     full sun, green flash, light of day, midday sun, noonlight,
     noontide light, ray of sunshine, shine, sun spark, sunbeam,
     sunbreak, sunburst, sunlight, sunshine, twilight