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yearday

noun

Etymology

From Middle English ȝereday, ȝerdai (“anniversary”), from Old English *ġēardæġ (compare Old English ġeārdagas (“days of yore”)), from Proto-West Germanic *jāradag (“day of the year, yearly day”), from Proto-Germanic *jēradagaz, equivalent to year + day. Cognate with West Frisian jierdei (“birthday”), Dutch jaardag (“anniversary, birthday”), German Jahrtag (“anniversary”).

  1. inherited from *jēradagaz✻
  2. inherited from *jāradag✻ — “day of the year, yearly day”
  3. inherited from *ġēardæġ✻
  4. inherited from ȝereday

Definitions

  1. Synonym of anniversary, a day occurring in a yearly cycle.

    • The Second Advent of Christ to remove to heaven his waiting people takes place at the end of the yearday sixth vial in accordance with his personal announcement, […]
    • The 14th Academic Yearday of the Medical Faculty of the University of Stellenbosch will be held on 6-7 August in the C. R. Louw Theatre, Sanlamhof, Bellville, Cape.

  2. A particular day numbered from the first day in the year, without regard to month…

    A particular day numbered from the first day in the year, without regard to month divisions.

    • To avoid the idiosyncracies^([sic]) of leap years, we propose, as a first approximation to the actual yearday, a standardized yearday s that is a function of (m, d) only, s = S(m) +dl (6) where 5 is a function of m only.
    • […] the amended yearday which was the middle day in flowering range. the yearday which is equivalent to commencement of flowering. the amended yearday (based on flowering yearday) which is the equivalent to the commencement of […]
    • ... T₁max the maximum (cloud-free) daily total transmittance at a location with a given elevation and near-surface water-vapor pressure on a given yearday, […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA