actogram

English

Alternative forms

• actigram

Noun

actogram (plural actograms)

1. A graphical representation of the activity of an animal that has been isolated from environmental cues as to the time of day.
   • 2016, Roberto Refinetti, Circadian Physiology, page 80:

     The three procedures covered in this section (inspection of actograms, computation of the peak of the smoothed rhythm, and acrophase of the fitted cosine curve), however, are used most commonly.

Translations

representation of the activity of an animal

Portuguese: actograma m Spanish: actograma m

See also

• biological clock

Anagrams

• octagram