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PRONUNCIATION OF THERMOTACTIC

thermotactic  [ˌθɜːməʊˈtæktɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THERMOTACTIC

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

WHAT DOES THERMOTACTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thermotaxis

Thermotaxis is a behavior in which an organism directs its locomotion up or down a gradient of temperature. Lab research has determined that some slime molds and small nematodes can migrate along amazingly shallow temperature gradients of less than 0.1C/cm and sometimes as low as 0.001C/cm. Theoretical analysis indicates that even this impressive feat is far from pushing the limits set by thermal noise. The natural environment always contains temperature gradients that organisms could respond to, if it were useful. The response of the slime mold and nematode is complicated and thought to allow them to move toward an appropriate level in soil. Recent research suggests that mammalian sperm employ thermotaxis to move to an appropriate location in the female's oviduct.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THERMOTACTIC


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
rheotactic
ˌriːəˈtæktɪk
stereotactic
ˌstɛrɪəˈtæktɪk
syndiotactic
ˌsɪndɪəʊˈtæktɪk
syntactic
sɪnˈtæktɪk
tactic
ˈtæktɪk
thigmotactic
ˌθɪɡməˈtæktɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THERMOTACTIC

thermosetting
thermosiphon
thermosphere
thermospheric
thermostability
thermostable
thermostat
thermostatic
thermostatically
thermostatics
thermostatted
thermotaxic
thermotaxis
thermotensile
thermotherapy
thermotic
thermotical
thermotolerant
thermotropic
thermotropism

WORDS THAT END LIKE THERMOTACTIC

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 thermotactic in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «thermotactic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THERMOTACTIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

thermotactic
1,325 millions of speakers

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thermotactic
570 millions of speakers

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thermotactic
510 millions of speakers

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thermotactic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منجذب للحرارة
280 millions of speakers

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thermotactic
278 millions of speakers

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thermotactic
270 millions of speakers

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thermotactic
260 millions of speakers

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thermotactic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Thermotactic
190 millions of speakers

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thermotactic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

thermotactic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

thermotactic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thermotactic
85 millions of speakers
vi

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thermotactic
80 millions of speakers

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thermotactic
75 millions of speakers

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उष्मांकिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

thermotactic
70 millions of speakers

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thermotactic
65 millions of speakers

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thermotactic
50 millions of speakers

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thermotactic
40 millions of speakers

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thermotactic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

thermotactic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

thermotactic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thermotactic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thermotactic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thermotactic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THERMOTACTIC»

The term «thermotactic» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.340 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THERMOTACTIC» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THERMOTACTIC»

Discover the use of thermotactic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thermotactic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Biophysical Analysis of Thermotactic Behavior in ...
In this thesis, I show that C. elegans bias their random walks by using a short term adaptive filter as a temporal derivative detector.
Damon Alistair Clark, 2007
2
Invertebrate Learning and Memory
aho-2 is one of the aho mutants severely defective in food-associated thermotactic plasticity. The aho-2 gene is identical to ins-1 gene, which encodes a homolog of human insulin.119 INS-1 acts cell non-autonomously, which is consistent with ...
Randolf Menzel, Paul Benjamin, 2013
3
Thermotactic Behavior in C. Elegans and Drosophila Larvae
Interneuronal circuits downstream of the sensory layer allow C. elegans to respond to overall change in its environment on the basis of simultaneous variation in different sensory inputs.
Linjiao Luo, 2009
4
The Physiology of Plants: A Treatise Upon the Metabolism and ...
Paramecium and other Infusoria are strongly thermotactic, being positively so up to a certain temperature, beyond which they swim towards the colder zones ( negative thermotaxis) 3. De Wildeman' ascribes positive thermotaxis to Euglcna, not ...
Wilhelm Pfeffer, Alfred James Ewart, 1906
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THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS
Parametrium and other Infusoria are strongly thermotactic, being positively so up to a certain temperature, beyond which they swim towards the colder zones ( negative thermotaxis) 3. De Wildeman * ascribes positive thermotaxis to Euglena,  ...
W. PFEFFER, 1906
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The Neurobiology of C. elegans
A. NEURAL CIRCUIT ANALYSIS In 1995, the neural circuit for this behavior was mapped using laser ablation (Mori and Oshima, 1995) (Fig. 1). In order to determine the eVects on wild-type thermotactic behavior, the destruction of individual ...
‎2006
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Medical Record
The normal body temperature is regulated and maintained by the thermotactic centers in the brain and cord keeping an equilibrium between the heat gained or produced in the body and the heat lost. Heat is produced in the body by: (1) ...
George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, 1914
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Drosophila TRPA1 Controls Thermotactic Behavior
(Cont.) We also identified dTRPAl-expressing cells and implicated a subset of these cells in mediating thermotactic response to elevated temperatures.
Mark Rosenzweig (Ph. D.), 2006
9
A Text-book of Human Physiology: Theoretic and Practical
... instinct or of comfort. The Thermotactic Nerves. — The neural mechanism of heat- regulation is as yet in its details not very well known. There is good functionary evidence that there is something like a reflex arc for this thermotactic purpose.
George Van Ness Dearborn, 1908
10
The Genetics of the Mouse
captivity resembled their wild parents as regards the temperature they preferred. Herter made the remarkable discovery that the thermotactic optimum of wild mice and their descendants differs significandy from that of albino laboratory mice ...

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THERMOTACTIC»

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Waging sonic warfare on bed bugs
"They like to seek out hosts with vision but also through warm or high temperatures, so they're thermotactic. They are also chemotactic, attracted to odors ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 11»

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