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zeitgeber

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zeit⋅ge⋅ber

  [tsahyt-gey-ber]
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–noun
an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock.
Origin:
1970–75; < G (1954), lit., time-giver, on the model of Taktgeber an electronic synchronization device
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Main Entry: zeit·ge·ber
Pronunciation: 'tsIt-"gA-b&r, 'zIt-
Function: noun
: an environmental agent or event (as the occurrence of light ordark) that provides the stimulus setting or resetting a biological clock of an organism
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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