BIOLOGICAL CLOCK

Meaning of BIOLOGICAL CLOCK in English

Physiol.

an innate mechanism of the body that regulates its rhythmic and periodic cycles, as that of sleeping and waking.

[ 1950-55 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 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 — 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 — Function: noun Date: 1955 : an inherent timing mechanism in a living system that is inferred to exist in order …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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