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PRONUNCIATION OF VOLTINISM

voltinism  [ˈvɒltɪˌnɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOLTINISM

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Voltinism is a noun.
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WHAT DOES VOLTINISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

voltinism

Voltinism

Voltinism is a term used in biology to indicate the number of broods or generations of an organism in a year. The term is particularly in use in sericulture, where silkworm varieties vary in their voltinism. ▪ Univoltine - referring to organisms having one brood or generation per year ▪ Bivoltine - referring to organisms having two broods or generations per year ▪ Multivoltine - referring to organisms having more than two broods or generations per year ▪ Semivoltine - referring to organisms whose generation time is more than one year...

Definition of voltinism in the English dictionary

The definition of voltinism in the dictionary is the number of annual broods of an insect.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOLTINISM


alpinism
ˈælpɪˌnɪzəm
brominism
ˈbrəʊmɪˌnɪzəm
Calvinism
ˈkælvɪˌnɪzəm
chauvinism
ˈʃəʊvɪˌnɪzəm
cretinism
ˈkrɛtɪˌnɪzəm
Darwinism
ˈdɑːwɪˌnɪzəm
determinism
dɪˈtɜːmɪˌnɪzəm
diclinism
ˈdaɪklɪˌnɪzəm
ecofeminism
ˌiːkəʊˈfɛmɪˌnɪzəm
feminism
ˈfɛmɪˌnɪzəm
Hellenism
ˈhɛlɪˌnɪzəm
hyperinsulinism
ˌhaɪpərˈɪnsjʊlɪˌnɪzəm
illuminism
ɪˈluːmɪˌnɪzəm
indeterminism
ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪˌnɪzəm
Jainism
ˈdʒaɪˌnɪzəm
Leninism
ˈlɛnɪˌnɪzəm
Philistinism
ˈfɪlɪstɪˌnɪzəm
Stalinism
ˈstɑːlɪˌnɪzəm
strychninism
ˈstrɪknɪˌnɪzəm
vulpinism
ˈvʌlpɪˌnɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOLTINISM

voltage
voltage divider
voltaic
voltaic cell
voltaic couple
voltaic pile
Voltaire
Voltairean
Voltairian
voltaism
voltameter
voltametric
voltammeter
volte
volte-face
volti
voltigeur
voltmeter
Volturno
volubility

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOLTINISM

actinism
albinism
antifeminism
Brahminism
caffeinism
diactinism
economic determinism
griffinism
Jacobinism
libertinism
luminism
male chauvinism
mandarinism
Marxism-Leninism
mechanism
Molinism
Neo-Darwinism
nicotinism
post-feminism
routinism
terminism

Synonyms and antonyms of voltinism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «voltinism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VOLTINISM

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

Translator English - Chinese

化性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

voltinism
570 millions of speakers

English

voltinism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

voltinism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

voltinism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вольтинности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

voltinismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

voltinism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voltinisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Voltinisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

voltinism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

化性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

voltinism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Voltinism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

voltinism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

voltinism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हाल्टिनिझम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Generasyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

voltinismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

voltinism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вольтінності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

voltinism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

voltinism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voltinism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

voltinism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

voltinism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of voltinism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLTINISM»

The term «voltinism» is used very little and occupies the 180.783 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLTINISM» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOLTINISM»

Discover the use of voltinism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to voltinism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Principles and Techniques of Silkworm Seed Production
Classification based on voltinism Voltinism is defined as a number of broods or generation in a year produced under natural conditions. Though genes located at different loci control the phenomenon of voltinism, it is also under the control of ...
Tribhuwan Singh, 2004
2
Voltinism
Voltinism is a term used in biology to indicate the number of broods or generations of an organism in a year. The term is particularly in use in sericulture, where silkworm varieties vary in their voltinism.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
3
Principles of Sericulture
bated at a suitable temperature to ensure uniform development of embryos and accurate prediction of their hatching time. 2. Conditions of Incubation and Their Effect Various conditions during incubation have a great influence on the voltinism ...
‎1994
4
The Chironomidae: Biology and Ecology of Non-Biting Midges
(a) Problems of interpreting voltinism Voltinism refers to the number of generations that a population passes in a year, which has generally been studied through observation of adult emergence and/or regular sampling of a larval population.
P.D. Armitage, Peter Cranston, L.C. Pinder, 1995
5
Phenology and Taxonomic Composition of Lotic Chironomidae ...
VOLTINISM VARIABILITY Voltinism is not considered to be a fixed character in aquatic insects, but may vary on an annual basis depending on environmental factors (Palmén & Aho 1966, Butler 1984, Sherk & Rau 1996). Generally as ...
Raymond William Bouchard (Jr), 2007
6
Soft Scale Insects
... species 149 - overwintering 153 - oviposition 153, 155 - pupal description 153 - sex ratio 153 - voltinism 153 Puerto Rico 13, 15, 16, 39, 128-130, 134, 136-138, 143, 212, 234, 236, 247-250, 256, 258, 260, 276, 277, 284, 285, 287, 334, 337, ...
Yair Ben-Dov, C. J. Hodgson, 1997
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Voltinism
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Voltinism is a term used in biology to indicate the number of broods or generations of an organism in a year.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
8
Specialization, Speciation, and Radiation: The Evolutionary ...
Voltinism. The impact of recent regional climate warming on geographic distribution limits, abundance, and population dynamics has been significant for a variety of herbivorous insects. While many species may extend or expand their ranges ...
Kelley Jean Tilmon, 2008
9
Silkworm Egg Production
Suboesophageal ganglia in any variety with different voltinism have the function of secreting diapausing hormones, but the secretion of the hormone is controlled by the brain. In normal conditions, the brain of the univoltine silkworm has the ...
San-ming Wang, 1989
10
The Wild Silk Moths of North America: A Natural History of ...
Voltinism The number of broods produced by each population (voltinism) is determined not by fixed genetic differences but by a flexible or facultative mechanism that allows each individual to assess its own state of development in relation to ...
Paul M. Tuskes, 1996

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOLTINISM»

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A globális klímaváltozás apró haszonélvezői: a betűzőszúk
... Åke Lindelöw, Bjørn Økland, Hans Peter Ravn and Leif Martin Schroeder: Modelling the potential impact of global warming on Ips typographus voltinism and ... «Transindex, Apr 11»

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