Meaning Of The Word Zeitgeber

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zeitgeber in American English
a stimulus, esp. light or heat, that affects an organism's biological clock
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

zeitgeber in British English
noun: an agent or event, such as light or the tide, that triggers the biological clock of organisms

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