- -tropous
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adjective combining form
Etymology: Greek -tropos, from trepein to turn
turning or curving in (such) a way ; exhibiting (such) a tropism <anatropous>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
-tropous
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-tropous — [trə pəs] [< Gr tropos, a turning (see TROPE) + OUS] combining form forming adjectives turning or turned (in a specified way or in response to a specified stimulus): used in botanical terms [anatropous] … English World dictionary
-tropous — a combining form meaning turned, curved in the direction specified by the initial element: anatropous. [ < Gk tropos pertaining to a turn] * * * … Universalium
-tropous — tro·pous … English syllables
-tropous — aff. a combining form meaning “turned, curved” in the direction specified by the initial element: orthotropous[/ex] • Etymology: < Gk tropos; see trope, ous … From formal English to slang
-tropous — a word element synonymous with tropic, as in anatropous. {Greek tropos relating to a turn} …
-tropous — trəpəs adjective combining form Etymology: Greek tropos, from trepein to turn more at trope : turning or curving in (such) a way : exhibiting (such) a tropism anatropous * * * a combining form meaning turned, curved in the direction specified by… … Useful english dictionary
campylotropous — adjective Etymology: Greek kampylos + International Scientific Vocabulary tropous tropous Date: 1835 having the ovule curved … New Collegiate Dictionary
campylotropous — [kam΄pi lä′trə pəs] adj. 〚< Gr kampylos, curved (akin to kampē, a bend: see CAMPUS) & TROPOUS〛 having a flower ovule with a structure that is partially inverted, with the stalk attachment at the bottom and the opening near the bottom * * *… … Universalium
-tropic — adjective combining form Etymology: French tropique, from Greek tropos tropous 1. turning, changing, or tending to turn or change in a (specified) manner or in response to a (specified) stimulus < geotropic > 2. attracted to or acting upon… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Thixotropy — is the property of some non Newtonian pseudoplastic fluids to show a time dependent change in viscosity; the longer the fluid undergoes shear stress, the lower its viscosity. A thixotropic fluid is a fluid which takes a finite amount of time to… … Wikipedia
