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Meaning of "photophily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHOTOPHILY

photophily  [fəʊˈtɒfɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHOTOPHILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Photophily 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 PHOTOPHILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of photophily in the English dictionary

The definition of photophily in the dictionary is the condition of growing best in strong light.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHOTOPHILY


acarophily
ˌækəˈrɒfɪlɪ
anemophily
ˌænɪˈmɒfɪlɪ
anisophylly
ˌænaɪˈsɒfɪlɪ
arctophily
ɑːkˈtɒfɪlɪ
bibliophily
ˌbɪblɪˈɒfɪlɪ
cartophily
kɑːˈtɒfɪlɪ
entomophily
ˌɛntəˈmɒfɪlɪ
halophily
hæˈlɒfɪlɪ
hydrophily
haɪˈdrɒfɪlɪ
malacophily
ˌmæləˈkɒfɪlɪ
monophyly
məˈnɒfɪlɪ
myophily
maɪˈɒfɪlɪ
myrmecophily
ˌmɜːmɪˈkɒfɪlɪ
ornithophily
ˌɔːnɪˈθɒfɪlɪ
psychophily
saɪˈkɒfɪlɪ
sclerophylly
sklɪərˈɒfɪlɪ
scripophily
skrɪˈpɒfɪlɪ
timbrophily
tɪmˈbrɒfɪlɪ
toxophily
tɒkˈsɒfɪlɪ
xerophily
zɪəˈrɒfɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHOTOPHILY

photoperiod
photoperiodic
photoperiodically
photoperiodism
photophase
photophil
photophilic
photophilous
photophobe
photophobia
photophobic
photophone
photophonic
photophony
photophore
photophoreses
photophoresis
photopia
photopic
photoplay

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHOTOPHILY

gushily
healthily
lengthily
maximaphily
notaphily
oenophily
patchily
pithily
praiseworthily
raunchily
sketchily
stealthily
symphily
techily
toothily
touchily
trashily
unhealthily
unworthily
worthily

Synonyms and antonyms of photophily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «photophily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHOTOPHILY

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

Translator English - Chinese

photophily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

photophily
570 millions of speakers

English

photophily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

photophily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

photophily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

photophily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

photophily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

photophily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

photophily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Photophily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

photophily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

photophily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

photophily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Photophily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

photophily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

photophily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छायाचित्रणात्मक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

photophily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

photophily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

photophily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

photophily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

photophily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

photophily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

photophily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

photophily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

photophily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of photophily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOTOPHILY»

The term «photophily» is used very little and occupies the 172.560 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about photophily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHOTOPHILY»

Discover the use of photophily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to photophily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Controlling factors in plant development
In a related matter, the curve of vegetative growth (frond multiplication) response to a light pulse (vegetative photophily) plotted against the time of pulse application also consists of superimposed oscillatory and hourglass components (Fig.
Hiroh Shibaoka, 1978
2
Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of ...
... philter, photophile, pho- tophilia, photophilous, photophily, potamophil- ous, psychrophile, psychrophilic, psychrophily, pygophilous, pyrophilia. saprophilous, sapro- phily, scopophilia. stegophilist, termitophile(s), termitophilic, termitophilous , ...
John G. Robertson, 1991
3
TT.
S. Medvedev (Nesterov, 1949) in his works on the determination of photophily in various tree species. Proceeding from the fact that the bole of a tree grown in the open tapers considerably, whereas that of a tree grown in a forest stand tapers ...
‎1968
4
TT.
S. Medvedev (Nesterov, 1949) in his works on the determination of photophily in various tree species. Proceeding from the fact that the bole of a tree grown in the open tapers considerably, whereas that of a tree grown in a forest stand tapers ...
Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information (U.S.), 1967
5
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
The situation is very similar to what has previously been re- □eaied concerning the non-photosynthetic light- requirement of the same str of duckweed for frond multiplication. Increasing photophily for flower production is likely accompanied by ...
‎1972
6
Soviet Plant Physiology
In the control, on the other hand, maximum photosynthesis, RR, and content of water-soluble protein were higher in the hybrid, which indicates its greater photophily. However, the value of leaf RR in calculation per 1 mg of water- soluble ...
‎1987
7
Scots pine--Pinus sylvestris L.
Thus, although pine is oligotrophic, the quality of the habitat, the soil especially, is important for its population dynamics. The pronounced photophily of pine especially is very important in the processes here referred to* because populations of ...
Stefan Białobok, 1975
8
Biological basis for the propagation of woody plants by ...
The higher the degree of photophily of the plants, the poorer was the rooting rate of the cuttings under a blue filter. For instance, cuttings of light- loving crape myrtle rooted to 97%, 48% and 40% under colorless, red, and blue filters (at the ...
D. A. Komissarov, 1968
9
-ologies and -isms
PLANTS, photophilia. photophilia 319. PLANTS. photophilic 245. LIGHT, photophily; 319. PLANTS, photophilia. photophilous 319. plants, photophilia. photophily 245. LIGHT; 319. PLANTS, ...
Laurence Urdang, Anne Ryle, Tanya H. Lee, 1986
10
OTS.
Di— rect tests in the photograde have shown the great photophily of this burn— cow (Anthaxia) and the sluggish reaction to light of the bark beetle (Scol us multistriatus). The second series of observations was carried out in an oak plantation ...
United States. Department of Commerce. Office of Technical Services, 1961

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« EDUCALINGO. Photophily [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/photophily>. Apr 2024 ».
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