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: February 4, 2024
\TSYTE-gay-ber\ noun
What It Means
Zeitgeber refers to an environmental agent or event (such as the occurrence of light or dark) that provides the stimulus which sets or resets an organism’s biological clock.
// The ratio of daylight to darkness in the spring is an important zeitgeber that affects the activity of some migrating birds.
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