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bathyphase

noun

Etymology

From bathy- (“deep”) + phase.

  1. derived from φάσις
  2. borrowed from phasis
  3. prefixed as bathyphase — “bathy + phase”

Definitions

  1. The time period in a cycle during which the cycle is low, especially the lower part of a…

    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.

    • 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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