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phototonus

Meaning of "phototonus" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PHOTOTONUS

From photo- + Greek tonostone.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PHOTOTONUS

fəʊˈtɒtənəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHOTOTONUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phototonus 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 PHOTOTONUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of phototonus in the English dictionary

The definition of phototonus in the dictionary is the condition of plants that enables them to respond to the stimulus of light.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHOTOTONUS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHOTOTONUS

phototelegraphy · phototherapeutic · phototherapeutically · phototherapeutics · phototherapy · photothermal · photothermally · photothermic · photothermically · phototonic · phototopography · phototoxic · phototoxicity · phototransistor · phototrope · phototroph · phototrophic · phototropic · phototropically · phototropism

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHOTOTONUS

baby bonus · bonus · cash bonus · clonus · colonus · conus · Cronus · Epigonus · hemionus · incentive bonus · myoclonus · no-claim bonus · no-claims bonus · onus · performance bonus · productivity bonus · reversionary bonus · synthronus · Tithonus · tonus

Synonyms and antonyms of phototonus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phototonus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHOTOTONUS

Find out the translation of phototonus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of phototonus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phototonus» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

感光性
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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phototonus
570 millions of speakers
en

English

phototonus
510 millions of speakers
hi

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phototonus
380 millions of speakers
ar

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توتر ضوئي
280 millions of speakers
ru

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phototonus
278 millions of speakers
pt

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phototonus
270 millions of speakers
bn

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phototonus
260 millions of speakers
fr

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phototonus
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Phototonus
190 millions of speakers
de

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phototonus
180 millions of speakers
ja

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phototonus
130 millions of speakers
ko

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phototonus
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Phototonus
85 millions of speakers
vi

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phototonus
80 millions of speakers
ta

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phototonus
75 millions of speakers
mr

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फोटोटोनस
75 millions of speakers
tr

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phototonus
70 millions of speakers
it

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phototonus
65 millions of speakers
pl

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phototonus
50 millions of speakers
uk

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phototonus
40 millions of speakers
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phototonus
30 millions of speakers
el

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phototonus
15 millions of speakers
af

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phototonus
14 millions of speakers
sv

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phototonus
10 millions of speakers
no

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phototonus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phototonus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOTOTONUS»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHOTOTONUS»

Discover the use of phototonus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phototonus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Proceedings of the Section of Sciences
The specific change which the plant undergoes under the influence of illumination, we will call phototonus. The phototonus is then seen to bring about the difference in sensitiveness between the apex and base and by reason of this in the last ...
Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Netherlands). Afdeeling Natuurkunde, 1911
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Proceedings of the Section of Sciences
The specific change which the plant undergoes under the influence of illumination, we will call phototonus. The phototonus is then seen to bring about the difference in sensitiveness between the apex and base and by reason of this in the last ...
‎1912
3
Proceedings of the Section of Sciences
The specific change which the plant undergoes under the influence of illumination, we will call phototonus. The phototonus is then seen to bring about the difference in sensitiveness between the apex and base and by reason of this in the last ...
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde, 1912
4
Annales bryologici: A yearbook devoted to the study of ...
Hier muss also der Phototonus während der 10- tägigen Botation im Dunkeln weitgehend abgeklungen sein. Die zweite Gruppe nimmt eine Mittelstellung ein. Letztere Tatsache legt die Vermutungnahe, dass der Bückgang der stabilisierten  ...
‎1939
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Dictionnaire médical : addenda:
phototimer m 28898 phototonus / Phototonus m (durch Licht herbeigeführter Reizbarkeitsstatus [des Protoplasmas]) / phototonus m 28899 pbototoxis / Phototoxis/ (Bestrahlungsschaden) / phototoxis/ 28900 phototropism / Phototaxis /(durch ...
Emmanuel Veillon, 1997
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J - Z.
Phototonus ( fo-tot'o-nus ) [Or. photo + tone.] n. ( hot.) healthy condition of plants due to sufficient exposure to liyht ( ^re}x|l ) Photo-type ( fO'tO-Up) [ Photo + type. ] n. a plate for printing from produced by photographic process, a picture &c.
Nilakantha Babaji Ranade, 1996
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Dictionary of Ecology and Environment
Phototonus. The normal mobile condition resulting from the alternation of day and night. Phototroph. An organism that uses photosynthesis to produce organic matter and oxygen. Compare Chemotroph. Phototrophic. Refers to organisms that ...
‎1992
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A Dictionary for Invertebrate Zoology:
[Gr. phos, light; telos, end; taxis, arrange- ment] The direct movement of an animal toward shade. phototonus n. [Gr. phos, light; tonos, tension] 1. Sensitive- ness to light. 2. Muscle tonus stimulated by light. phototropism n. [Gr. phos, light; tropos, ...
Tim Williams, 2009
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International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and ...
This limitation may affect directly the information input, even the high-level information processing. For example, the color-encoding application range of information display is restricted by the phototonus of cone cell and rod cell, which are the ...
Ershi Qi, Jiang Shen, Runliang Dou, 2013
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Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal ...
“photosystem-II photosynthesis” See biochemical pathway: “photosystem-II photosynthesis.” ♢ phototaxis See taxis: phototaxis. ♢ phototonicity n. An organism's being sensitive to light (Lincoln et al. 1985). adj. photonic, phototonus ♢ phototroph ...
Edward M. Barrows, 2011
REFERENCE
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