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PRONUNCIATION OF SHORT-DAY

short-day play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHORT-DAY

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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHORT-DAY

short-acting
short-arse
short-change
short-changer
short-circuit
short-cut
short-cutting
short-dated
short-eared owl
short-haired
short-handed
short-handedness
short-haul
short-life
short-lived
short-order
short-range
short-sighted
short-sightedly
short-sightedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHORT-DAY

all-day
D-day
day-to-day
degree-day
five-a-day
half-day
latter-day
long-day
man-day
one-day
play-day
present-day
same-day

Synonyms and antonyms of short-day in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «short-day» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHORT-DAY

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

Translator English - Chinese

短日照
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de día corto
570 millions of speakers

English

short-day
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लघु दिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اليوم القصير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

короткого дня
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de dias curtos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বল্প দিনের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de jours courts
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pendek hari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kurztags
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

短日性の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

짧은 일
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Singkat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngắn ngày
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறுகிய நாள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शॉर्ट-डे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kısa gün
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

short -day
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krótkiego dnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

короткого дня
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scurt zi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικρής ημέρας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kort dag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kortdags
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

short-dagers
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of short-day

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHORT-DAY»

The term «short-day» is regularly used and occupies the 56.605 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHORT-DAY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about short-day

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHORT-DAY»

Discover the use of short-day in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to short-day and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Economic Botany: Principles And Practices
It is even possible to provoke flowering in long-day plants during a short-day period by interrupting the period of darkness. Short-day plants require a day length of less than 10 hours before they will flower, i.e. a long period of darkness and ...
G.E. Wickens, 2004
2
New Understanding Biology for Advanced Level
It is rather unfortunate that historically plants were categorized as short-day or long-day, as it is the length of the dark period which is crucial in determining flowering. Short-day plants require a long dark period, whereas long-day plants require ...
Glenn Toole, Susan Toole, 1999
3
Ecophysiology of Northern Spruce Species: The Performance of ...
5.1.1.1 Short-day treatment Short-day treatment is a method used on rapidly growing spruce seedlings to induce shoot growth cessation and develop stock with a desired height and diameter. The standard short-day treatment used in ...
Steven C. Grossnickle, 2000
4
Competition Science Vision
Topic. on. Botany. KEY POINTS • Photoperiodism is the phenomenon of physiological change. Diagrammatic summary of responses of short day plants ( SDP) and long day plants (LDP) to various photoperiodic conditions.
5
Modern Plant Physiology
Examples of short day plants are: Winter rice, Bryophyllum, Chrysanthemum, Cosmos, Hemp (Cannabis sativa). Kalanchoe, morning glory, poinsettia, Viola tricolor. Japanese morning glory (Phorbitis nil). Long Day Plants: Long day plants are ...
Rajiv Kumar Sinha, 2004
6
Melatonin: From Molecules to Therapy
Hamsters housed in short-day conditions reduced sickness responses including fever, anorexia, and reduced intake of dietary iron.[51] In addition, production of cytokines IL-ip and IL-6 are decreased in short-day animals compared to ...
S. R. Pandi-Perumal, Daniel P. Cardinali, 2007
7
Vegetable Production
than the critical minimum for a species, and short day plants are those that begin to flower when the day length is less than the critical maximum. The wavelength response that initiates flowering is due to phy- tochrome pigments that absorb ...
Ib Libner Nonnecke, 1989
8
Question Bank In Biology For Class Xi
Why is the term 'short day plants' a misnomer? Give one example of short day plants. Ans. The term short-day plants is actually a misnomer. When photoperiodism was discovered, the duration of the light period was thought to be critical for ...
Tata Mcgraw-Hill
9
Plant Physiology, 4E
in long-day and short-day plants. In long-day plants, it is almost equal whereas in short-day plants, the ratio of energy is much lower. In other words, the rate of dark reaction in long-day plants is relatively higher and the rate of light reaction in ...
S N Pandey, B K Sinha, 2009
10
Annual Plant Reviews, Light and Plant Development
Photoperiodic plants can be placed into two categories: Short-day plants flower when the days are shorter than a certain minimum. Long-day plants flower when the day length is longer than a certain minimum. For example, Xanthium, a ...
Garry C. Whitelam, Karen J. Halliday, 2008

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Short-Day [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/short-day>. Apr 2024 ».
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