BIOLOGICAL CLOCK

Meaning of BIOLOGICAL CLOCK in English

Function: noun

Date: 1955

: an inherent timing mechanism in a living system that is inferred to exist in order to explain the timing or periodicity of various behaviors and physiological states and processes (as fertility and aging)

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — noun Date: 1955 an inherent timing mechanism in a living system that is inferred to exist in order to explain …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — noun : an inherent timing mechanism in a living system that is inferred to exist in order to explain various …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — Physiol. an innate mechanism of the body that regulates its rhythmic and periodic cycles, as that of sleeping and waking. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — amount of time that a person can biologically perform a certain function (such as have children)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — Date: 1955 : an inherent timing mechanism in a living system that is inferred to exist in order to explain …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — ■ noun an innate mechanism that controls the cyclical physiological activities of an organism.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — [biological clock] n (1955): an inherent timing mechanism that is inferred to exist in some living systems (as a cell) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — noun ( technical ) a natural system in living things that controls regular physical activities such as sleeping : ( …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — ˌbiological ˈclock BrE AmE noun [singular] 1 . technical the system in plants and animals that controls when they sleep, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — ( biological clocks) Your biological clock is your body’s way of registering time. It does not rely on events such …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — (~s) Your ~ is your body’s way of registering time. It does not rely on events such as day or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It's the men now, as often as not, who hear the biological clock ticking loudest. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — Synonyms and related words : anima, animating force, atman, bathmism, beating heart, biorhythm, blood, breath, breath of life, divine breath, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — биологические часы (биологический механизм, регулирующий периодичность жизнедеятельности организма)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — биологические часы ( биологический механизм, регулирующий периодичность жизнедеятельности организма )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — биологические часы
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — биологические часы
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — биологические часы ( биологический механизм, регулирующий периодичность жизнедеятельности организма )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — биологические часы ( биологический механизм, регулирующий периодичность жизнедеятельности организма )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — биологические часы
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — биологические часы
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — Биологический
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — биологические часы; биологический механизм, регулирующий периодичность жизнедеятельности.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — псих., упр. биологические часы (внутренняя система организма человека, оказывающая влияние на его активность в различное время суток) See: time management
Новый англо-русский толковый словарь по менеджменту и экономике труда
BIOLOGICAL CLOCK — биологические часы (биологический механизм, регулирующий периодичность жизнедеятельности организма)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIOLOGICAL — also biologic adjective Date: 1853 of or relating to biology or to life and living processes, used in or produced …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BIOLOGICAL — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) biological rhythm biological warfare development biological Convention on Biological Diversity
Английский словарь Британика
CLOCK — I. ˈkläk noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English clok, from Middle Dutch clocke clock, bell, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIOLOGICAL — adjective also biologic : connected by direct genetic relationship rather than by adoption or marriage his biological father
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIOLOGICAL — (a.) Of or relating to biology.
Английский словарь Webster
BIOLOGICAL — ( a. ) Of or relating to biology.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOCK — clock 1 /klok/ , n. 1. an instrument for measuring and recording time, esp. by mechanical means, usually with hands …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIOLOGICAL — — biologically , adv. /buy'euh loj"i keuhl/ , adj. 1. pertaining to biology. 2. of or pertaining to the products …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIOLOGICAL — adj. of biology, of the study of life
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CLOCK — I. ˈkläk noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English clok, from Middle Dutch clocke bell, clock, from Old French or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BIOLOGICAL — also biologic Date: 1853 1. : of or relating to biology or to life and living processes 2. : used …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOCK — noun the striking of a clock. 2. clock ·noun a watch, ·esp. one that strikes. 3. clock ·vt to ornament …
Webster English vocab
CLOCK — [clock] n, often attrib [ME clok, fr. MD clocke bell, clock, fr. ONF or ML; ONF cloque bell, fr. ML …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIOLOGICAL — [biological] also biologic adj (1859) 1: of or relating to biology or to life and living processes 2: used in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOCK — machine in which a device that performs regular movements in equal intervals of time is linked to a counting mechanism …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIOLOGICAL — biological BrE AmE ˌba ɪ ‿ə ˈlɒdʒ ɪk ə l ◂ AmE \ -ˈlɑːdʒ- ▷ biological|ly ‿li ▶ ˌ bio …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CLOCK — / klɒk; NAmE klɑːk/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] an instrument for measuring and showing time, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIOLOGICAL — / ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkl; NAmE -ˈlɑːdʒ-/ adjective 1. connected with the science of biology : the biological sciences 2. connected with the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOCK — I. clock 1 S2 W3 /klɒk $ klɑːk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Middle Dutch ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BIOLOGICAL — bi ‧ o ‧ lo ‧ gi ‧ cal /ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪk ə l◂ $ -ˈlɑː-/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . relating …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLOCK — n. & v. --n. 1 an instrument for measuring time, driven mechanically or electrically and indicating hours, minutes, etc., by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BIOLOGICAL — adj. of or relating to biology or living organisms. øbiological clock an innate mechanism controlling the rhythmic physiological activities of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLOCK — n. & v. n. 1 an instrument for measuring time, driven mechanically or electrically and indicating hours, minutes, etc., by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BIOLOGICAL — adj. of or relating to biology or living organisms. biological clock an innate mechanism controlling the rhythmic physiological activities of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOCK — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. an instrument for measuring time, driven mechanically or electrically and indicating hours, minutes, etc., …
Oxford English vocab
BIOLOGICAL — adj. of or relating to biology or living organisms. Phrases and idioms: biological clock an innate mechanism controlling the rhythmic …
Oxford English vocab
CLOCK — ( clocks, clocking, clocked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A clock …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIOLOGICAL — 1. Biological is used to describe processes and states that occur in the bodies and cells of living things. The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIOLOGICAL — 1. Biological is used to describe processes and states that occur in the bodies and cells of living things. The …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CLOCK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES alarm clock at three o'clock/seven thirty etc on the dot (= at exactly 3:00/7:30 …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIOLOGICAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a religious/military/biological etc metaphor ▪ He uses a military metaphor to describe these women as …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLOCK — (TIME) [noun] [C] - a device for measuring and showing time, which is usually found in or on a building …
Cambridge English vocab
BIOLOGICAL — [adjective]Biological means connected with the natural processes of living things.the biological sciencesThe biological cycle/rhythm of a plant is affected by …
Cambridge English vocab
BIOLOGICAL — adj. biological rhythm biological warfare development biological Convention on Biological Diversity
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CLOCK — See: AGAINST TIME or AGAINST THE CLOCK, AROUND THE CLOCK or THE CLOCK AROUND, PUT BACK THE CLOCK or TURN …
Slang English vocab
CLOCK — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate ▪ 12-hour , 24-hour ▪ digital , electric ▪ atomic ▪ time ▪ bedside , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BIOLOGICAL — adj. Biological is used with these nouns: ↑ attack , ↑ characteristic , ↑ clock , ↑ complexity , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CLOCK — n. 25B6; noun a grandfather clock : TIMEPIECE, timekeeper, timer; chronometer, chronograph. See list. (informal) the car had 50,000 miles …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIOLOGICAL — Pertaining to biology or to life and living things. In medicine, refers to a substance made from a living organism …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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