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Meaning of "rheotactic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RHEOTACTIC

rheotactic  [ˌriːəˈtæktɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RHEOTACTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rheotactic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RHEOTACTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rheotactic in the English dictionary

The definition of rheotactic in the dictionary is relating to movement of an organism towards or away from a current of water.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RHEOTACTIC


aerotactic
ˌɛərəʊˈtæktɪk
asyntactic
ˌeɪsɪnˈtæktɪk
atactic
eɪˈtæktɪk
chemotactic
ˌkɛməʊˈtæktɪk
geotactic
ˌdʒiːəʊˈtæktɪk
heliotactic
ˌhiːlɪəʊˈtæktɪk
heterotactic
ˌhetərəʊˈtæktɪk
hydrotactic
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈtæktɪk
hypotactic
ˌhaɪpəʊˈtæktɪk
isotactic
ˌaɪsəʊˈtæktɪk
paratactic
ˌpærəˈtæktɪk
phonotactic
ˌfəʊnəˈtæktɪk
phototactic
ˌfəʊtəʊˈtæktɪk
phyllotactic
ˌfɪləʊˈtæktɪk
stereotactic
ˌstɛrɪəˈtæktɪk
syndiotactic
ˌsɪndɪəʊˈtæktɪk
syntactic
sɪnˈtæktɪk
tactic
ˈtæktɪk
thermotactic
ˌθɜːməʊˈtæktɪk
thigmotactic
ˌθɪɡməˈtæktɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RHEOTACTIC

rheological
rheologically
rheologist
rheology
rheometer
rheometric
rheometrical
rheometry
rheomorphic
rheomorphism
rheophil
rheophile
rheoreceptor
rheostat
rheostatic
rheotaxis
rheotome
rheotrope
rheotropic
rheotropism

WORDS THAT END LIKE RHEOTACTIC

anaphylactic
anticlimactic
arctic
ataractic
autodidactic
chiropractic
climactic
delaying tactic
didactic
emphractic
extragalactic
galactic
intergalactic
lactic
malolactic
nondidactic
parallactic
phylactic
practic
prophylactic
undidactic

Synonyms and antonyms of rheotactic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rheotactic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RHEOTACTIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

rheotactic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rheotactic
570 millions of speakers

English

rheotactic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

rheotactic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

rheotactic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

rheotactic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rheotactic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

rheotactic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rhéotactique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rheotactic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rheotactic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

rheotactic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

rheotactic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rheotactic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rheotactic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

rheotactic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रथॅक्टिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rheotactic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rheotactic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rheotactic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

rheotactic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rheotactic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

rheotactic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rheotactic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rheotactic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rheotactic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rheotactic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RHEOTACTIC»

The term «rheotactic» is barely ever used and occupies the 203.958 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RHEOTACTIC» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RHEOTACTIC»

Discover the use of rheotactic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rheotactic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Environmental Physiology of Fishes
A. Type of orientation performance. If the degree of difficulty of orientation performance is considered three main types of active migration may occur. 1. Rheotactic orientation. - The fish is forced to swim in a channelled body of water. Banks or ...
M.A. Ali, 1980
2
Chemical Ecology in Aquatic Systems
The control fish were presumably homing by mechanisms of rheotropism (Arnold 1974), that is by an upstream movement (positive rheotactic response) towards attractive odours in their original home area, and a down- stream movement ...
Christer Brönmark, Lars-Anders Hansson, 2012
3
Sense Organs Integration, and Behavior
The rheotactic reactions of Asellus, Gammarus, and some other aquatic crustaceans are well known. In Asellus, various external conditions such as light, temperature, and O2 tension may influence the rheotactic response.H Since high 02 ...
Talbot Waterman, 1961
4
Biology of the Lobster: Homarus americanus
This rheotactic response in postlarvae can be elicited by an optical stimulus, a cardboard cylinder with slits that rotates around a motionless glass dish containing the postlarvae (Hadley, 1906). If light is introduced at an angle to the direction of ...
Jan Robert Factor, 1995
5
The biology of hypogean fishes
Baker & Montgomery 19991 provide clear evidence for a role of the superficial neuromasts in rheotactic behaviour. A fish embedded within a smooth flow without any external reference frame has no basis on which to know whether it is moving ...
Aldemaro Romero, Aldemaro Romero Díaz, 2001
6
Ecological Connectivity among Tropical Coastal Ecosystems
2003, Marshall et al. 2003a, b, 2006). Such details are not reported for other tropical habitats or for settling decapods. 5.3.4. Rheotactic. and. Electric. Cues. New results suggest that rheotactic cues are used in conjunction with other cues  ...
Ivan Nagelkerken, 2009
7
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory: A Reader
A rheotactic study, then, follows two steps in order to achieve understanding: First , I have arranged rhetoric and ordered its history. Now I notice how the arrangement turns, moves, and maneuvers. With this notion of rheotactic, I will represent ...
John Louis Lucaites, Celeste Michelle Condit, Sally Caudill, 1999
8
Fourth European Marine Biology Symposium
The starfish show a simple and positive rheotactic response. Because of the direction of flow of the sea water when the lamp was placed at one end of the apparatus it could either be held over the flow sink (condition B) or over the flow source ...
D. J. Crisp, 2011
9
Marine Biology
The starfish show a simple and positive rheotactic response. Because of the direction of flow of the sea water when the lamp was placed at one end of the apparatus it could either be held over the flow sink (condition B) or over the flow source ...
D. J. Crisp, 1971
10
Biomonitors and Biomarkers as Indicators of Environmental ...
Fish maintain their position in flowing water with the help of two sensory systems: i) perception of water flow through the lateral line system, which activates the rheotactic reflex to counter the flow, and ii) an additional optomotoric reaction ...
Frank M. Butterworth, Amara Gunatilaka, María Eugenia Gonsebatt, 2001

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