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Meaning of "phototropy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHOTOTROPY

phototropy  [ˌfəʊtəʊˈtrəʊpɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHOTOTROPY

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phototropy 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 PHOTOTROPY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

phototropy

Phototropism

Phototropism is the growth of organisms in response to light. It is most often observed in plants, but can also occur in other organisms such as fungi. The growth or movement of a plant part in response to a source of light. The cells on the plant that are farthest from the light have a chemical called auxin that reacts when phototropism occurs. This causes the plant to have elongated cells on the farthest side from the light. Phototropism is one of the many plant tropisms or movements which respond to external stimuli. Growth towards a light source is called positive phototropism, while growth away from light is called negative phototropism. Most plant shoots exhibit positive phototropism, and rearrange their chloroplasts in the leaves to maximize photosynthetic energy and promote growth. Roots usually exhibit negative phototropism, although gravitropism may play a larger role in root behavior and growth. Some vine shoot tips exhibit negative phototropism, which allows them to grow towards dark, solid objects and climb them. The combination of phototropism and gravitropism allow plants to grow in the correct direction.

Definition of phototropy in the English dictionary

The definition of phototropy in the dictionary is an alteration in the colour of certain substances as a result of being exposed to light of different wavelengths. Other definition of phototropy is the reversible loss of colour of certain dyestuffs when illuminated at a particular wavelength.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHOTOTROPY


atopy
ˈætəʊpɪ
dopey
ˈdəʊpɪ
dopy
ˈdəʊpɪ
Hopi
ˈhəʊpɪ
mopey
ˈməʊpɪ
mopy
ˈməʊpɪ
pleiotropy
ˈplaɪəʊˌtrəʊpɪ
presbyopy
ˈprɛzbɪˌəʊpɪ
ropey
ˈrəʊpɪ
ropy
ˈrəʊpɪ
Sinope
səˈnəʊpɪ
slopy
ˈsləʊpɪ
soapie
ˈsəʊpɪ
soapy
ˈsəʊpɪ
topi
ˈtəʊpɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHOTOTROPY

phototopography
phototoxic
phototoxicity
phototransistor
phototrope
phototroph
phototrophic
phototropic
phototropically
phototropism
phototube
phototype
phototypeset
phototypesetter
phototypesetting
phototypic
phototypically
phototypographical
phototypographically
phototypography

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHOTOTROPY

aeolotropy
allotropy
anatropy
anisotropy
azeotropy
enantiotropy
entropy
eutropy
heliotropy
hemitropy
hypermetropy
ionotropy
isotropy
lipotropy
lycanthropy
misanthropy
morphotropy
orthotropy
philanthropy
thixotropy

Synonyms and antonyms of phototropy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phototropy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHOTOTROPY

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

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phototropy
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Phototropy
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phototropy
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phototropy
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ar

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phototropy
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phototropy
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phototropy
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phototropy
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phototropy
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Phototropy
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Translator English - German

Phototropie
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phototropy
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phototropy
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Phototropy
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phototropy
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Translator English - Tamil

phototropy
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छायाचित्रण
75 millions of speakers

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phototropy
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phototropy
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phototropy
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phototropy
40 millions of speakers

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phototropy
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phototropy
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phototropy
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phototropy
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phototropy
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Trends of use of phototropy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOTOTROPY»

The term «phototropy» is barely ever used and occupies the 202.248 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOTOTROPY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phototropy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phototropy» 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 phototropy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHOTOTROPY»

Discover the use of phototropy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phototropy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Living Systems
Phototropy is a biological expression to describe theforce that makes organisms, such as bacteria orplants, follow the light in order to get nutrition and, hence, survive. The interactive installation Phototropy deals with virtual insects that can ...
‎2011
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The Medicinal Uses of Cannabis and Cannabinoids
Phototropy and photonasty These two Greek-derived terms relate to the direction of plant growth in response to light. Although a full understanding of these responses is not essential to the grower of medicinal cannabis, the curious behaviour ...
Geoffrey William Guy, Brian Anthony Whittle, Philip Robson, 2004
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Tensions and Convergences: Technological And Aesthetic ...
Phototropy - intuitive interaction with artificial insects using a lamp interface An installation where users could intuitively interact with artificial life creatures is called Phototropy (Sommerer/Mignonneau 1995), which we created in 1995. Here, an ...
Reinhard Heil, Andreas Kaminski, Marcus Stippak, 2007
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CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, ...
De Gaouck, V. and Le Fevre, R.J.W., The phototropy of anils and a note on the phototropy of solutions of the leuco-cyanides of malachite- and brilliant-greens,/. Chem. Soc., 1457, 1939; Elmali, A. and Elerman, Y, Structure and conformation of ...
William M. Horspool, Francesco Lenci, 2003
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Chemical Abstracts
Some expts. are recorded on the phototropy of certain sulfides, notably those of Ca and Sr contg. traces of Mn and Bi. Phototropy is diminished by low temps. and increases with rise of temp. to a max. roughly in the neighborhood of 100° and ...
‎1922
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The chemical action of light
Stobbe has drawn attention to a remarkable similarity between photoluminescence and the phenomenon of phototropy. Phosphorescence is excited by radiations of short wavelength, and phosphorescent substances revert to their original ...
Nil Ratan Dhar, 1931
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
P5] UF Animals-Phototropism BT Animal orientation Light-Physiological effect Phototropism Phototropism in plants [QK 776] UF Plants-Phototropism BT Phototropism Plants-Photomorphogenesis Plants, Effect of light on Phototropy ( Chemistry) ...
‎1989
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Photobiology Tropisms RT Phototaxis NT Phototropism in animals Phototropism in plants Phototropism (Chemistry) UF Phototropy (Chemistry) BT Photochemistry NT Thermophototropism Phototropism in animals (May Subd Geog) [QP310.
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2005
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Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology
Since the organisms will capture all slightest movements of the viewer's hand in the water, the form and behaviour of these organisms will change constantly.15 In Phototropy, the artists explore the boundary between physical reality and A- Life ...
Stephen Wilson, 2002
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The Chemistry Of Synthetic Dyes
In the dyestuffs field, a valuable contribution towards an appreciation of the causes of phototropy and aggregation has derived from a study of the absorption spectra of various copper phthalocyanine sulfonic acids. Phototropy is due to a ...
K Venkataraman, 2012

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHOTOTROPY»

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phototropy. Other things going on: Saturday: Slutwalk, World Nake Bike Ride, Smithfield Nocturne Sunday: Tour de Dalston All weekend: ... «Londonist, Jun 11»

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