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bathyphase

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The time period in a cycle during which the cycle is low, especially the lower part of a sine wave fitted to a measurement of a circadian pattern or other biological rhythm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences

Examples

  • The bathyphase of the metabolic process ran from late evening until shortly after the subject awoke, with the lowest point recorded in at three o'clock in the morning.

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History

Etymology

From bathy- (“deep”) + phase.