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social jet lag

social jet lag noun: a mismatch between a person's natural and biological sleep rhythms and the schedules imposed by work, school, or social obligations.

Noun

social jet lag (uncountable)

  1. A mismatch between a person's natural and biological sleep rhythms and the schedules imposed by work, school, or social obligations.
    • His^([Till Roenneberg's]) team also studied stimulant use among the same volunteers and found that those suffering from social jet lag were much more likely to smoke.2006 April 1, Helen Phillips, “Groggy mornings fuel desire to smoke”, in New Scientist, number 2545
    • For example, going to bed at a different time on work or school days than on free days or weekends can lead to social jet lag, which may also be associated with cardiometabolic function.2015 December, Siramon Reutrakul, Kristen L. Knutson, Consequences of Circadian Disruption on Cardiometabolic Health, Phyllis C. Zee (editor), Science of Circadian Rhythms, Sleep Medicine Clinics...

social jet lag meaning in Tamil

social jet lag in Tamil

விடுமுறைச் சோர்வு

Origin of social jet lag

Coined by chronobiologist Till Roenneberg and later popularized by his book Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired (2012).

Questions about social jet lag

What does social jet lag mean?
Social jet lag means a mismatch between a person's natural and biological sleep rhythms and the schedules imposed by work, school, or social obligations.
What is social jet lag in Tamil?
Social jet lag in Tamil is விடுமுறைச் சோர்வு. See Social jet lag meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is social jet lag?
Social jet lag is a noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: social jet lag (page history and authors); social jet lag (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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