BIOLOGICAL TIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biological time mean? 

• BIOLOGICAL TIME (noun)
  The noun BIOLOGICAL TIME has 1 sense:

1. the time of various biological processes

  Familiarity information: BIOLOGICAL TIME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIOLOGICAL TIME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time of various biological processes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("biological time" is a kind of...):

time (the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biological time"):

circadian rhythm (a daily cycle of activity observed in many living organisms)

change of life; climacteric; menopause (the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends)

climacteric (a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause)

gestation; gestation period (the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans))

refractory period ((neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response)

 Context examples 

Therefore, if baths are taken at the right biological time—1-2 hours before bedtime—they will aid the natural circadian process and increase one's chances of not only falling asleep quickly but also of experiencing better quality sleep.

(Bathing 90 minutes before bedtime can improve sleep quality, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)