Intrageneration

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Within a generation not-comparable

    "The model itself operates at three time scales: i) a within patch foraging scale (one tick of the intragenerational clock); ii) an intragenerational patch-to-patch movement scale (n ticks of the intrageneration clock equal to 1 tick of the intergenerational clock); and iii) an intergenerational evolutionary scale (G ticks of the epochal clock), as depicted in Fig 2 ."

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"The model itself operates at three time scales: i) a within patch foraging scale (one tick of the intragenerational clock); ii) an intragenerational patch-to-patch movement scale (n ticks of the intrageneration clock equal to 1 tick of the intergenerational clock); and iii) an intergenerational evolutionary scale (G ticks of the epochal clock), as depicted in Fig 2 ."

Etymology

From intra- + generation.

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