subdaily

[Mullins, Bill]

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> From: American Dialect Society
> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark A. Mandel
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 3:16 PM
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> Subject: subdaily
>
> "These days, there are thousands of mailing lists -- mostly
> free, many amateur, some exclusive, some not -- filling
> inboxes on a subdaily basis."
> -- Wired Magazine, February 2002, page 95: "The In Crowd" by
> David Streitfeld
>
> Not in OED Online or Merriam-Webster Online. The evident
> meaning is 'more frequent than daily', and Google has
> something like 280 hits which, at a quick glance, are all
> technical from various scientific disciplines (biology,
> astronomy...) and have this meaning.
>

Title: Paleontological Evidence on the Earth's Rotational History Since
Early Precambrian
Authors: Pannella, G.
Journal: Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 16 (1972), p.212

"Complacent increments reflect both physiological and astronomical
rhythms and are highly complex with many subdaily lines."