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ageotropic

ageotropic adjective: upward; moving or bending away from the earth.

Adjective

ageotropic (not comparable)

  1. Upward; moving or bending away from the earth.
    • This results in an ageotropic (away from ground) horizontal nystagmus, which is stronger in the left-ear-down position (excitatory position).2013, Seilesh Babu, Practical Otology for the Otolaryngologist, →ISBN, page 279
  2. Failing to show an expected or typical earthward direction.
    • Ageotropic growth is also displayed by shoots of 'lazy' mutants (e.g., ageotropica mutant of tomato and lazy mutants of rice, wheat, and maize), stolons or runners (e.g., strawberries), and underground stems or rhizomes (e.g. bamboos, quackgrass, and potato).2013, Peter Davies, Plant Hormones: Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, →ISBN

Origin of ageotropic

From a- + geotropic.

Questions about ageotropic

What does ageotropic mean?
Ageotropic means upward; moving or bending away from the earth.
What part of speech is ageotropic?
Ageotropic is an adjective.

Words near ageotropic in the dictionary

  1. agentspaces
  2. ageometric
  3. ageometrical
  4. ageostrophic
  5. ageostrophy
  6. ageotropic
  7. ageotype
  8. ageotypes
  9. ageplay
  10. ageplayed
  11. ageplayer

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