ahemeralとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /eɪˈhɛməɹəl/

形容詞

ahemeral (not comparable)

1. (biology) Cyclical, with a period not equal to 24 hours
   • 2003, Frank Edwin Robinson, Gaylene Marie Fasenko, Robert Allen Renema, New Developments in Reproduction and Incubation of Broiler Chickens, page 116:

     Photostimulation at 22 weeks of age was done with either a normal, hemeral day (14 hours of light; 10 hours of darkness) or a long ahemeral day (14 hours of light; 14 hours of darkness).

   • 1996, Robert J. Etches, Reproduction in Poultry, page 273:

     Short ahemeral cycles have typically been made up of 14L:7D [L=light; D=dark], 14L:8D or 14L:9D photoschedules and have been used by poultry breeders who wish to identify hens with rapid rates of follicular maturation.

派生語

• ahemeral day

関連する語

• ephemeral

参考

• circadian

参照

• “ahemeral”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.