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aerotropy

aerotropy noun: movement (typically of plants) towards the air or oxygen.

Noun

aerotropy (uncountable)

  1. movement (typically of plants) towards the air or oxygen
    • According to the original four-beam correlation method, it is expected that p dependence at each R#95;f represents aerotropy of the correlation function at each R#95;f.2003, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics: Regular papers & short notes
    • The first one consists of isotropic Gaussian-basis functions; the other consists of aerotropy Gaussian-basis functions.2004, Indian Statistical Institute Nikil R. Pal, Nikil R. Pal, Nikola Kasabov, Rajani K. Mudi, Srimanta Pal, Swapan K. Parui, Indian Statistical Institute Staff, Jadavpur University Staff, Neural...

Origin of aerotropy

From aero- + -tropy.

Questions about aerotropy

What does aerotropy mean?
Aerotropy means movement (typically of plants) towards the air or oxygen.
What part of speech is aerotropy?
Aerotropy is a noun.

Words near aerotropy in the dictionary

  1. aerotropic
  2. aerotropism
  3. aerotropoli
  4. aerotropolis
  5. aerotropolises
  6. aerotropy
  7. aeroturbation
  8. aerovac
  9. aerovacs
  10. aerovane
  11. aerovanes

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