circadian

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Adjective

circadian (not comparable)

1. (biology) of, relating to, or showing rhythmic behaviour with a period of 24 hours; especially of a biological process
   • 2000, Arnold Sameroff, et al., Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology, page 310

     The circadian clock is involved in the regulation of the diurnal sleep-wake cycle, […].

Synonyms

• diurnal (in its sense of "happening on a 24-hour cycle")

Related terms

• circalunar / circalunidian
• circasemidian

Translations

• French: circadien
• German: circadian, zirkadian
• Italian: circadiano
• Spanish: circadiano

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