Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An innate, cyclical biological process or function.
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- noun biology Any
cyclic biological orphysiological pattern or activity - noun pseudoscience Any of three
sinusoidal graphs , normally plotted bycomputer , having a person's birth date asorigin that that are supposed to give meaningful information about emotional levels, physical energy levels, and mental/psychic sensitivity.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Interestingly, the word biorhythm is a compound Greek word meaning life and constant.
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As you know, the campaign trail as its own special kind of biorhythm and September is the beginning of the season to step it up.
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Melatonin helps to regulate the biorhythm of all mammals: at night it enters the bloodstream and, in the case of cows, their milk; when it becomes light, melatonin production stops.
German night milk may aid insomniacs Kate Connolly in Berlin 2010
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Each of us has a distinctive biorhythm, with peaks of energy at certain hours and valleys of fatigue between them.
Ten Minutes, That's It Benjamin Kral 2010
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It suits my biorhythm, and satisfies the need for solitude, while still letting me be available to my family.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Diana Gabaldon, part 3 2008
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The exact timing of your biorhythm is personal to you, but body temperature and therefore alertness is generally lowest at 4 A.M. It rises and peaks in the morning around 10 A.M. to 12 noon, then slumps somewhere between 2 and 4 P.M., at which time your body temperature rises and you get a second wind.
THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009
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Add this to our hyperpersonal news streams – and to the news potential of Google Wave – and the biorhythm and source of news changes fundamentally.
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Add this to our hyperpersonal news streams – and to the news potential of Google Wave – and the biorhythm and source of news changes ...
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The exact timing of your biorhythm is personal to you, but body temperature and therefore alertness is generally lowest at 4 A.M. It rises and peaks in the morning around 10 A.M. to 12 noon, then slumps somewhere between 2 and 4 P.M., at which time your body temperature rises and you get a second wind.
THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009
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Also look out for his biorhythm, runes, I Ching, stichomancy and tarot readings.
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