internal clock

collocation in English

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internal
adjective
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/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/us
/ɪnˈtɝː.nəl/
inside ...
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clock
noun
uk
/klɒk/us
/klɑːk/
a device for measuring and showing time, usually found in or on a building and not worn by ...
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(Definition ofinternalandclockfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On the other hand, we could mean that the organism has aninternalclockand knows down to the minute when the sun will rise.
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The agent will be automatically activated by aninternalclock.
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Nutrients that modify the speed of theinternalclockand memory storage processes.
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In addition, the time of occurrence of action potentials (using a 1-msinternalclock) and the ver tical retrace of the video signal were recorded.
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Ourinternalclockis more than just when we sleep and wake.
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When we battle ourinternalclock, that has complications.
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Some have argued that ageing is programmed: that aninternalclockdetects a time to end investing in the organism, leading to death.
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The series is notable for its open-ended gameplay and extensive use of the game systems'internalclockand calendar to simulate real passage of time.
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Since the sun moves in the sky, navigation by this means also requires aninternalclock.
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A device that is offline uses no external clock reference and relies upon its owninternalclock.
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Transferring the method to ceramics has brought additional challenges but initial results have demonstrated that ceramics have the sameinternalclockas bricks.
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He often uses hisinternalclockas an alarm, enabling him to wake up at any time he chooses.
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It has an unusualinternalclock, which measures the passage of time with an extremely long period (up to 47 hours).
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The operating system may choose to adjust the scheduling of each transition (high-low or low-high) based on aninternalclock.
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Another theory is that pigeons have compass sense, which uses the position of the sun, along with aninternalclock, to work out direction.
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Software may also be used to set theinternalclockspeed may be device dependent.
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Thisinternalclockis set to the solar clock every day using sunlight.
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The system bus is 64 bits wide and operates at half theinternalclockfrequency.
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This means there is aninternalclockmultiplier setting (also called bus/core ratio) of 8.
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