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Meaning of "apogeotropism" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APOGEOTROPISM

From Greek apogaios away from the earth + tropos a turn.
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PRONUNCIATION OF APOGEOTROPISM

apogeotropism  [ˌæpədʒɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APOGEOTROPISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Apogeotropism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES APOGEOTROPISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of apogeotropism in the English dictionary

The definition of apogeotropism in the dictionary is negative geotropism, as shown by plant stems.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APOGEOTROPISM


apheliotropism
æpˌhiːlɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm
diageotropism
ˌdaɪədʒɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm
diaheliotropism
daɪəˌhiːlɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm
diatropism
daɪˈætrəˌpɪzəm
galvanotropism
ˌɡælvəˈnɒtrəˌpɪzəm
geotropism
dʒɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm
heliotropism
ˌhiːlɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm
hydrotropism
haɪˈdrɒtrəˌpɪzəm
isotropism
aɪˈsɒtrəˌpɪzəm
nyctitropism
nɪkˈtɪtrəˌpɪzəm
orthotropism
ɔːˈθɒtrəˌpɪzəm
pleiotropism
plaɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm
priapism
ˈpraɪəˌpɪzəm
psilanthropism
sɪˈlænθrəˌpɪzəm
rheotropism
rɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm
sinapism
ˈsɪnəˌpɪzəm
stereotropism
ˌstɛrɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm
theanthropism
θiːˈænθrəˌpɪzəm
therianthropism
ˌθɪərɪˈænθrəˌpɪzəm
trophotropism
trɒˈfɒtrəˌpɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APOGEOTROPISM

apogaeic
apogamic
apogamous
apogamously
apogamy
apogeal
apogean
apogee
apogeic
apogeotropic
apograph
apolaustic
apolipoprotein
apolitical
apoliticality
apolitically
apoliticism
Apollinaire
Apollinaris
apollo

WORDS THAT END LIKE APOGEOTROPISM

aerotropism
allotropism
apism
atropism
caesaropapism
chemotropism
diaphototropism
escapism
gamotropism
haptotropism
hemitropism
malapropism
mugwumpism
papism
phototropism
plagiotropism
thermotropism
thigmotropism
tropism
utopism

Synonyms and antonyms of apogeotropism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «apogeotropism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APOGEOTROPISM

Find out the translation of apogeotropism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of apogeotropism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «apogeotropism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

apogeotropism
1,325 millions of speakers

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apogeotropism
570 millions of speakers

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apogeotropism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

apogeotropism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

apogeotropism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

apogeotropism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apogeotropism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

apogeotropism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apogéotropisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Apogeotropisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Apogeotropismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

apogeotropism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

apogeotropism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apogeotropism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

apogeotropism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

apogeotropism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एपियोगोटॉपीज्म
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

apogeotropism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apogeotropismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

apogeotropism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

apogeotropism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apogeotropism
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

apogeotropism
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

apogeotropism
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

apogeotropism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

apogeotropism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of apogeotropism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APOGEOTROPISM»

The term «apogeotropism» is used very little and occupies the 153.855 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APOGEOTROPISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «apogeotropism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «apogeotropism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about apogeotropism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APOGEOTROPISM»

Discover the use of apogeotropism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to apogeotropism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Charles Darwin's Collection (18 Books):
As apogeotropism actsmore and more energetically, ellipses or loops cease tobe formed, and the course becomes atfirst strongly, and then lessand less zigzag, and finallyrectilinear. Fromthis gradationinthenature of the movement, and more ...
Charles Darwin, 2013
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The Power of Movement in Plants
During the night and following early morning it continued to rise in a zigzag course, so that apogeotropism was still acting. At the close of our obserrations, after 23 h. (represented by the highest dot in the diagram) the hypocotyl was still 32“ ...
Charles Darwin, 2012
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Nature
In this stage of growth before the position of the leaves is determined by that of the light, \Viesner speaks of the possibility of a balance being struck between epinasty and apogeotropism. But Frank (But. Zcilmig, 1873, p. 22) has long ago ...
Sir Norman Lockyer, 1882
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Charles Darwin's Works: The power of movement in plants
When the pod is nearly ripe, the upper part straightens itself and becomes erect ; and this is due to hypo- nasty or apogeotropism, or both combined, and not to helio- tropism, for it occurred in darkness. The short, hooked part of the peduncle of ...
Charles Darwin, Sir Francis Darwin, 1896
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American journal of botany
EFFECTS OF LIGHT ON ROOT GROWTH, NODULATION, AND APOGEOTROPISM OF ZAMIA PUMILA L. SEEDLINGS IN STERILE CULTURE1 David Webb Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 00931 ...
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Science
I allude to such terms as heliotropism, geotropism, apogeotropism and diageotropism, which are used with reference to certain plant movements; and to hypocotyl, epicotyl, hyponasty and epinasty, which are used with reference to certain ...
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Popular Science
... and of the phenomena of geotropism and apogeotropism, which he regarded as modified phenomena of circumnutation. The value of the impulse given by Darwin to botanical investigation in all its branches is beyond estimation; his power ...
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Objective Botany
The pollen tube shows (1) Negative phototropism and chemotropism (2) Chemotropism and negalive aerotropism (3) Chemotropism and apogeotropism ( 4) All of these 44. Cyclones and earthquakes can be predicted with the help of (1) Abrus ...
Dr. N.P. Saxena
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Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of ...
Qualifying words: aphorism, apobiotic, apocalypse, apocarp, apocarpous, apocentric, apocynum, apocyte, apoderma, apogamy, apogee, apogeotropic, apogeotropism, apology, apophyllous, apoplexy, aporrhysa, apostasy, apostrophe, ...
John G. Robertson, 1991
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
... with 5000-6000 species, whose distribution is tropical with a few temperate outliers. apoenzyme The portion of a conjugated *enzyrne (i.e. one containing a non-protein component) that is a *protein. apogamy See APoMIxIs. apogeotropism ...
Michael Allaby, 2012

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Apogeotropism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/apogeotropism>. May 2024 ».
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