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autotrophic

autotrophic adjective: relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.

Adjective

autotrophic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.

autotrophic meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

autotrophic in Tamil

தன்னூட்டத் தன்மை, உணவைத் தாமே தயாரிக்க வல்லன, தன்னூட்டம், தற்போசணையுள்ள, இயற்பொருளிலிருந்து நேரே உணவு ஆக்கவல்ல, தன்னுணவாக்குகிற

autotrophic in Indonesian

Translations
autotrof

Origin of autotrophic

From auto- + -trophic.

Words formed from autotrophic

Questions about autotrophic

What does autotrophic mean?
Autotrophic means relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
What is autotrophic in Tamil?
Autotrophic in Tamil is தன்னூட்டத் தன்மை, உணவைத் தாமே தயாரிக்க வல்லன, தன்னூட்டம். See Autotrophic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is autotrophic?
Autotrophic is an adjective.

Words near autotrophic in the dictionary

  1. autotriggering
  2. autotriploid
  3. autotriploids
  4. autotriploidy
  5. autotroph
  6. autotrophic
  7. autotrophical
  8. autotrophically
  9. autotrophies
  10. autotrophism
  11. autotrophs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autotrophic (page history and authors); autotrophic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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