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Noun- An environmental agent or event (as the occurrence of light or dark) that provides the stimulus setting or resetting a biological clock of an organism.

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  • They are known as the zeitgeber, a German word meaning time keeper.
  • People talk a lot about circadian (circa dia = approximately one day) rhythms and establishing a regular sleep schedule, but bedtime timing is just one "zeitgeber" (lit:...
  • Occupying the zeitgeber position is not so much a personality trait as it is highly situationally dependent.
  • By paying attention to who changes their posture or gestures in a particular way first - and then watching who mirrors it, you can determine who acts as the zeitgeber.
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