"acrophase" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From acro- + phase.",
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        {
          "text": "The acrophase of the metabolic process ran from shortly mid-morning until sunset, with the peak amplitude recorded in mid-afternoon.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The time period in a cycle during which the cycle crests or peaks, especially the upper part of a sine wave fitted to a measurement of a circadian pattern or other biological rhythm."
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          "sine wave"
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        "(physiology) The time period in a cycle during which the cycle crests or peaks, especially the upper part of a sine wave fitted to a measurement of a circadian pattern or other biological rhythm."
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "physiology",
        "sciences"
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          "sense": "time period during which a cycle peaks",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "acrofase"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "acrophase"
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    {
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  "etymology_text": "From acro- + phase.",
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        "The time period in a cycle during which the cycle crests or peaks, especially the upper part of a sine wave fitted to a measurement of a circadian pattern or other biological rhythm."
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        "(physiology) The time period in a cycle during which the cycle crests or peaks, especially the upper part of a sine wave fitted to a measurement of a circadian pattern or other biological rhythm."
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "physiology",
        "sciences"
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      "sense": "time period during which a cycle peaks",
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        "feminine"
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