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Macrophase vs Acrophase - What's the difference?

macrophase | acrophase |

As nouns the difference between macrophase and acrophase

is that macrophase is (physics) a relatively large-scale part of a solid phase that has a different morphology than that of its surroundings while acrophase is (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.

macrophase

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) A relatively large-scale part of a solid phase that has a different morphology than that of its surroundings

    • Related terms

    *microphase

    acrophase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
    • The acrophase of the metabolic process ran from shortly mid-morning until sunset, with the peak amplitude recorded in mid-afternoon.

    Antonyms

    * trough * bathyphase

    References

    * Refinetti, Roberto (2006). Circadian Physiology . CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 0-8493-2233-2. Lay summary