ZEITGEBER


Meaning of ZEITGEBER in English

/tsuyt"gay'beuhr/ , n.

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.

[ 1970-75; Taktgeber an electronic synchronization device ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .