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photoentrainment

photoentrainment noun: the entrainment of an organism's circadian rhythm to the pattern of light and dark in its environment.

Noun

photoentrainment (usually uncountable, plural photoentrainments)

  1. (usually) The entrainment of an organism's circadian rhythm to the pattern of light and dark in its environment

Forms of photoentrainment

pluralphotoentrainments

Origin of photoentrainment

From photo- + entrainment.

Questions about photoentrainment

What does photoentrainment mean?
Photoentrainment means the entrainment of an organism's circadian rhythm to the pattern of light and dark in its environment.
What part of speech is photoentrainment?
Photoentrainment is a noun.
What is the plural of photoentrainment?
The plural of photoentrainment is photoentrainments.

Words near photoentrainment in the dictionary

  1. photoenolizations
  2. photoentrain
  3. photoentrainable
  4. photoentrained
  5. photoentraining
  6. photoentrainment
  7. photoentrainments
  8. photoenvironment
  9. photoenvironments
  10. photoenzymatic
  11. photoenzyme

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