- phototactic
- adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1882 of, relating to, or exhibiting phototaxis • phototactically adverb
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phototactic
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Phototactic — Phototaxis Pho to*tax is, Phototaxy Pho to*tax y, n. [NL. phototaxis; photo + Gr. ? an arranging.] (Biol.) The influence of light on the movements of low organisms, as various infusorians, the zo[ o]spores of certain alg[ae], etc.; also, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
phototactic — See phototaxis. * * * … Universalium
phototactic — adjective of, or related to phototaxis … Wiktionary
phototactic — pho·to·tac·tic .fōt ō tak tik adj of, relating to, or exhibiting phototaxis pho·to·tac·ti·cal·ly ti kə lē adv … Medical dictionary
phototactic — adj. pertaining to phototaxis, of movement in response to light (Biology) … English contemporary dictionary
phototactic — pho·to·tac·tic … English syllables
phototactic — … Useful english dictionary
phototaxis — phototactic /foh teuh tak tik/, adj. phototactically, adv. /foh teuh tak sis/, n. Biol. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of light. Also, phototaxy. [1900 05; PHOTO + TAXIS] * * * … Universalium
Grethe Rytter Hasle — Grethe Berit Rytter Hasle, née le 3 janvier 1920, à Borre (Norvège) est une planctologiste norvégienne et professeur de biologie et de botanique marine[1]. Alors qu elle a été l une des premières femmes professeur de sciences naturelles à l… … Wikipédia en Français
Chloroplast — Chlo ro*plast, n. [Pref. chloro + Gr. ? to mold, form.] (Biol.) A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cells exposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules, usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
