biochronometry

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ chronometry.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌbaɪ.oʊ.krəˈnɒm.ɪ.tri/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbaɪ.əʊ.krəˈnɒm.ɪ.tri/

Noun

biochronometry (plural biochronometries)

  1. The scientific study of biological timekeeping, including the measurement of biological rhythms, life cycles, and time-dependent physiological processes in living organisms, such as circadian and circannual rhythms.
    • 1971 [1969 September], Donald S[ankey] Farner, “Foreword”, in Michael Menaker, editor, Biochronometry: Proceedings of a Symposium, Friday Harbor, Washington, Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, →ISBN, page iii:
      The Symposium on Biological Clocks in June 1960 at Cold Spring Harbor, organized under the chairmanship of C. S. Pittendrigh, contributed extensively to a crystallization of the concept of a biochronometry based on endogenous (circadian) periodicities.
    • 1975, Wildlife Review, volume 157, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, page 7:
      Leading investigators and their contributions to biochronometry are cited, and the value of the biological knowledge of time to other disciplines and interests is noted.
    • 2025 January 4, Wikipedia contributors, “Chronometry”, in English Wikipedia‎[1], Wikimedia Foundation:
      Biochronometry (also chronobiology or biological chronometry) is the study of biological behaviours and patterns seen in animals with factors based in time.

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