Usually means: Duration of daily light exposure.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word photoperiod:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. photoperiod: Merriam-Webster
  2. photoperiod: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. photoperiod: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. photoperiod: Collins English Dictionary
  5. photoperiod: Wordnik
  6. photoperiod: Wiktionary
  7. photoperiod: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. photoperiod: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. photoperiod: Dictionary.com
  10. Photoperiod: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. photoperiod: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. photoperiod: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. photoperiod: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  6. photoperiod: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

(Note: See photoperiodic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (photoperiod)

noun:  (biology) The normal duration of natural daylight experienced by an organism; daylength

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