photoentrainment

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

photo- +‎ entrainment

Noun[edit]

photoentrainment (usually uncountable, plural photoentrainments)

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

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