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PRONUNCIATION OF THIGMOTACTIC

thigmotactic  [ˌθɪɡməˈtæktɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THIGMOTACTIC

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

WHAT DOES THIGMOTACTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Taxis

A taxis is the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light or the presence of food. Taxes are innate behavioral responses. A taxis differs from a tropism in that the organism has motility and demonstrates guided movement towards or away from the stimulus source. It is sometimes distinguished from a kinesis, a non-directional change in activity in response to a stimulus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THIGMOTACTIC


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
thermotactic
ˌθɜːməʊˈtæktɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THIGMOTACTIC

thievish
thievishly
thievishness
thig
thigger
thigh
thigh bone
thigh boots
thighbone
thighed
thigmotactically
thigmotaxes
thigmotaxis
thigmotropic
thigmotropism
thilk
thill
thiller
thimble
thimbleberry

WORDS THAT END LIKE THIGMOTACTIC

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 thigmotactic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thigmotactic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THIGMOTACTIC

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Translator English - Chinese

thigmotactic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

thigmotactic
570 millions of speakers

English

thigmotactic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thigmotactic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانجذاب بالتماس
280 millions of speakers

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thigmotactic
278 millions of speakers

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thigmotactic
270 millions of speakers

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thigmotactic
260 millions of speakers

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thigmotactic
220 millions of speakers

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Thigmotactic
190 millions of speakers

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thigmotactic
180 millions of speakers

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thigmotactic
130 millions of speakers

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thigmotactic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thigmotactic
85 millions of speakers
vi

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thigmotactic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

thigmotactic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थिगेटॅटिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

thigmotactic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

thigmotactic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

thigmotactic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

thigmotactic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

thigmotactic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

thigmotactic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

thigmotactic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thigmotactic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thigmotactic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thigmotactic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THIGMOTACTIC»

The term «thigmotactic» is normally little used and occupies the 132.707 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THIGMOTACTIC» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THIGMOTACTIC»

Discover the use of thigmotactic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thigmotactic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Monograph of the Urostyloidea (Ciliophora, Hypotricha)
Wicklow (1981) established Thigmokeronopsis and the monotypic subfamily Thig - mokeronopsinae because the type species has a prominent thigmotactic cirral field covering the left postoral half of the ventral side. There is no doubt that this ...
Helmut Berger, 2007
2
The Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification, and ...
Thigmotactic Area: see Somatic Region and Thigmotactic Cilia. Thigmotactic Cilia: generally used to denote a patch, area, tuft, field or zone of more or less specialized somatic ciliature functionally modified to serve a presumed sensory- tactile ...
Denis H. Lynn, 2008
3
Perspectives on Psychology and Social Development: ...
Early nutritional status was found to interact significantly with the early rearing environment on the measures of ambulation, thigmotactic ratios, and rearing. The amount of ambulation, thigmotactic ratio, and rearing ups was lowest when the ...
U. N. Dash, Uday Jain, 1999
4
Biofilms - Science and Technology: Science and Technology
The best known responses are to surface topography (thigmotactic response), light (pholotactic response) and the presence of chemicals (chemotactic response), reviewed by Fletcher & Callow (1992). The most well documented thigmotactic ...
Luis Melo, 1992
5
Biology and Ecology of Earthworms
Furthermore, in waterlogged soil many chemicals, including a wide range of pesticides and detergents, act as an irritant and cause worms to come to the soil surface. 4.5.4 THIGMOTACTIC REACTIONS Earthworms are very sensitive to touch ...
Clive A. Edwards, P.J. Bohlen, 1996
6
Advances in Marine Biology APL
Mayfly and dragonfly nymphs are thigmotactic and cling to stones or plants depending on their normal habitat (Curtis Riley, 1912; Lyman, 1945; Wautier and Pattee, 1955), while caddis fly larvae respond in the same way to their tubes. Asellus ...
Frederick Stratten Russell, 1972
7
Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs
The ciliophorans swim freely in the ureter, with the thigmotactic area (body area with specialized cilia of sensory-tactile or adhering function) of the ciliophoran in contact with the ureter. Some ciliophorans were also observed in the pallial cavity  ...
G. M. Barker, 2004
8
Animal Migration, Orientation and Navigation
The larvae when hatched remain with the female for three stadia; at this time they are negatively phototactic and strongly thigmotactic, clinging tO the Sides of the chamber. Virtually at the instant of molt to the fourth stadium, they cease to be ...
Gauthreaux, 1981
9
Artificial Selection for Recovery from Consummatory ...
The breeding lines were selected according to higher (HOFT) or lower (LOFT) open field thigmotactic ratios. These ratios were calculated by dividing the number of inner partitions entered by the total sum of units visited by the mice. Exposure ...
Leonardo A. Ortega Murillo, 2008
10
Seaweed Ecology and Physiology
Swarmers of Scytosiphon exhibit either phototactic or thigmotactic swimming: of 34 swarmers ... near to the coverslip surface, characteristic of thigmotactic swimming, and two were initially thigmotactic but became phototactic (Matsunaga et al.
Catriona L. Hurd, Paul J. Harrison, Kai Bischof, 2014

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THIGMOTACTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thigmotactic is used in the context of the following news items.
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British hallucinogenic cactus growers arrested in Cartagena
The flowers are pink, with thigmotactic anthers (like Opuntia)." So if you fancy a spot of psychonautics and psychedelic psychotherapy all you have to do is work ... «Murcia Today, Jul 15»
2
Travel: Exploring the plight of the polar bear in beautiful Svalbard
Scenes switch from the Arctic desert of Torellneset, where thigmotactic walruses snuggle together on shingle beaches and diminutive purple saxifrage grow in ... «Western Daily Press, Jan 15»
3
Sarah Marshall takes a heart-melting journey through Svalbard
Scenes switch from the Arctic desert of Torellneset, where thigmotactic walruses snuggle together on shingle beaches and diminutive purple saxifrage grow in ... «Basingstoke Gazette, Jan 15»
4
Svalbard: Travel feature
Scenes switch from the Arctic desert of Torellneset, where thigmotactic walruses snuggle together on shingle beaches and diminutive purple saxifrage grow in ... «Stoke Sentinel, Dec 14»
5
Exploring an unpredictable and pristine world of ice with Arctic …
Scenes switch from the Arctic desert of Torellneset, where thigmotactic walruses snuggle together on shingle beaches and diminutive purple saxifrage grow in ... «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Dec 14»
6
Video of the day: Negativland – 'Guns'
... project of one members compositions called “Negativland Presents Thigmotactic,” and they continue to occasionally visit Washington DC as citizen lobbyists. «Oregon Music News, Aug 14»
7
Hollywood Bug Man Understands How Cockroaches Think
Cockroaches are thigmotactic, which means that they like to run along the edges of things. And so what I do is guide them by creasing the bags of Cheetos and ... «NPR, Mar 14»
8
A Bee's Prickly Dream
It turns out this activity is hardly necessary: prickly pear cactus stamens are “thigmotactic,” that is, they are mobile, and bend inward when stimulated. «New York Times, Jul 13»
9
The YouTube Democracy
In true contrarian spirit, meanwhile, Negativland's newest album Thigmotactic is their first collection of "normal" songs—normal by their standards, anyway. «Silicon Valley's Metro, Nov 08»

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