Usually means: Apparent daily movement of stars.
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  1. diurnal motion: Merriam-Webster
  2. diurnal motion: Collins English Dictionary
  3. diurnal motion: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. diurnal motion: Dictionary.com
  5. Diurnal motion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. diurnal motion: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. diurnal motion: Wiktionary

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  1. diurnal motion: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (diurnal motion)

noun:  (astronomy) The apparent westward rotation of the celestial sphere, along with the apparent westward revolution of celestial objects, around the celestial poles due to prograde (eastward) rotation of planet Earth relative to the seemingly fixed stars – completed once each sidereal day (about 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds).

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