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phytotron

Meaning of "phytotron" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PHYTOTRON

From phyto- + -tron, on the model of cyclotron.

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

PRONUNCIATION OF PHYTOTRON

ˈfaɪtəʊˌtrɒn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHYTOTRON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phytotron 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 PHYTOTRON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phytotron

A phytotron is an enclosed research greenhouse used for studying interactions between plants and the environment. It was a product of the disciplines of plant physiology and botany. The first phytotron was built under the direction of Frits Warmolt Went at the California Institute of Technology in 1949. It was funded by the Harry B. Earhart Foundation, and was officially known as the Earhart Plant Research Laboratory. It acquired its more unique nickname evidently from a joking conversation between Caltech biologists James Bonner and Sam Wildman. Phytotrons spread around the world between 1945 and the present day to Australia, France, Hungary, the Soviet Union, England, and the United States. Moreover, they have spurred variants such as the Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Biotron at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Ecotron at Imperial College London.

Definition of phytotron in the English dictionary

The definition of phytotron in the dictionary is a building in which plants can be grown on a large scale, under controlled conditions.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHYTOTRON

Accutron · betatron · bevatron · biotron · calutron · Chronotron · Cosmotron · cyclotron · digitron · elytron · isotron · magnetron · mellotron · negatron · pliotron · positron · synchrotron · teletron · tevatron · thyratron

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHYTOTRON

phytophagous · phytophagy · phytoplankter · phytoplankton · phytoplanktonic · phytoremediation · phytosanitary · phytosis · phytosociological · phytosociologically · phytosociologist · phytosociology · phytosterol · phytotherapy · phytotomist · phytotomy · phytotoxic · phytotoxicity · phytotoxin · pi

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHYTOTRON

cistron · citron · cryotron · electron · fast neutron · free electron · intron · kenotron · klystron · matron · mesotron · natron · neutron · patron · photoelectron · plastron · strobotron · synchrocyclotron · trochotron · tron

Synonyms and antonyms of phytotron in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phytotron» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PHYTOTRON

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

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

Translator English - Chinese

人工气候室
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

fitotrón
570 millions of speakers
en

English

phytotron
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

phytotron
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المخبر البيئئي النباتي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

фитотрона
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

phytotron
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

phytotron
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

phytotron
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Phytotron
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Phytotron
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ファイトトロン
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

phytotron
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Phytotron
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phytotron
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

phytotron
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

फ्योटट्रॉन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

fitotron
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

fitotrone
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

fitotronie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

фітотронах
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

phytotron
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυτοτρονίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phytotron
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fytotron
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phytotron
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phytotron

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHYTOTRON»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of phytotron
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phytotron

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHYTOTRON»

Discover the use of phytotron in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phytotron and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Manufacture Engineering and Environment Engineering (set):
In this study, the phytotron was designed with advanced energy-saving devices. And the PID method was used to control the phytotron temperature and moisture content. For it eliminated static state deviation by the integral calculus function ...
P. Ren, Z. Du, 2013
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Shaping Biology: The National Science Foundation and ...
The Southeastern PlantEnvironment Laboratories ofDuke University and North Carolina State University. A History of Their Planning and Financing ...,” n.d., Phytotron Records, 1955–78, Botany Department Records, Duke University Archives.
Toby A. Appel, 2003
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Proceedings of The Symposium on Climate and Rice
Now, the phytotron will provide a new dimension for evaluation and research on this unique collection, a further insight for the benefit of this and future generations. This phytotron may be expected to serve as a pathfinder and pioneer in this ...
4
Man-Made Closed Ecological Systems
Table 7.10 Biochemical composition of the vegetable edible fraction (% of dry matter). crops and No. protein extractants their growth conditions Sugars other Carrot field 1.4 8.7 51.5 25.27 7.3 0.63 6.6 phytotron 1.8 11.2 42.3 31.23 8.8 1.47 5.6 ...
J.I. Gitelson, G.M. Lisovsky, 2003
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Proceesings of the Symposium on Climate & Rice
Now, the phytotron will provide a new dimension for evaluation and research on this unique collection, a further insight for the benefit of this and future generations. This phytotron may be expected to serve as a pathfinder and pioneer in this ...
International Rice Research Institute
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Development of a System for Real-time Measurements of ...
from the target cell in the TOF target room to the labeling chamber at the Phytotron is ∼350 feet. One of the TUNL-Phytotron conduits contains two RG-8 coaxial cables, two 10- conductor cables, and a cable made up of four optical fibers.
Matthew R. Kiser, 2008
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Research Outlook on Soil, Water, and Plant Nutrients: ...
BONNER: Of course, the greediness of the geneticist for large numbers has to be balanced in the phytotron by the number of dollars that he has, because if he grows plants in a controlled facility such as a phytotron, the mechanical ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Agricultural Research Institute, 1960
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New Scientist
SCIENTISTS at McGill University in Montreal have identified four genes that team up to help alfalfa plants to survive the long, cold Canadian winter. These are the first results from a revolutionary complex of greenhouses, called a phytotron, ...
9
Plant Mutation Breeding and Biotechnology
A typical gamma cell irradiator is described as a source for acute irradiation while a gamma glasshouse in Malaysia, agammafield in Japan and agamma phytotron in Korea are described as examples offacilities providing chronic irradiation for ...
Q. Y. Shu, 2012
10
Crop Improvement: New Approaches and Modern Techniques
Unfortunately, these kinds' of facilities are scarce and only a few Asian countries including Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand have operational chronic irradiation facilities such as gamma field, gamma greenhouse, and gamma phytotron, ...
Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Parvaiz Ahmad, Munir Ozturk, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHYTOTRON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phytotron is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hebrew University receives USAID grant to boost crop yields
... USAID program funded a $400,000 grant to the Hebrew University campus in 2013, to upgrade its Phytotron climate- controlled greenhouse. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Mar 15»
2
Exploring the unknown: Connecting arts and science in creative ways
One VOC member is Guelph guitarist Michael Mucci, whose day job is phytotron co-ordinator at the University of Guelph. He raises plants in ... «Guelph Mercury, Jan 15»
3
Jeff Lab scanner creates 3-D images of plants
... N.C. There, they installed a PhytoPET imager in the university's Phytotron — a laboratory that contains growth chambers that carefully control ... «Daily Press, Sep 14»
4
Rice and Shine 2.0 is making a comeback in 11th HRT Weekend
... glasshouses, phytotron, two hundred hectares of experimental rice fields, library, office buildings, a bookstore, and Riceworld museum. «Sun.Star, Aug 14»
5
Medical marijuana update: Windfire sued over grow space …
Phytotron Pharmaceuticals, a private grow company, says it secured a venue and a group to run the space, reaching a verbal agreement on a ... «Stockhouse, May 14»
6
Funding, it's not rocket science
... of Science, and funded the building of important infrastructure such as the giant radio telescope at Parkes and the phytotron in Canberra. «The Canberra Times, Apr 14»
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Research offers solutions to common construction delays
... Yarbrough and Cates utility plants and staring field implementation for energy savings upgrades to our Phytotron facility,” Marshall said. «N.C. State University Technician Online, Sep 13»
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Polish universities invest in chemistry
The building was kitted out with a phytotron for studying plants' interactions with the atmosphere, a stable isotope laboratory and facilities for ... «Chemistry World, Aug 13»
9
ACT heritage aim is usefulness
The council has published 47 decisions this year and rejected submissions to register the CSIRO Phytotron Building and University House at ... «The Canberra Times, Jun 13»
10
Conference Highlights Duke's Connections and Contributions to …
The sophisticated greenhouse, Duke's Phytotron, is able to simulate tropical growing environments such as those found in South Sudan. «Duke University, Mar 13»
REFERENCE
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