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autotrophy

autotrophy noun: the synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.

Noun

autotrophy (usually uncountable, plural autotrophies)

  1. (usually) The synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy

autotrophy meaning in Tamil

autotrophy in Tamil

தற்போசணை

Forms of autotrophy

pluralautotrophies

Origin of autotrophy

From auto- + -trophy.

Words formed from autotrophy

Questions about autotrophy

What does autotrophy mean?
Autotrophy means the synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.
What is autotrophy in Tamil?
Autotrophy in Tamil is தற்போசணை. See Autotrophy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is autotrophy?
Autotrophy is a noun.
What is the plural of autotrophy?
The plural of autotrophy is autotrophies.

Words near autotrophy in the dictionary

  1. autotrophical
  2. autotrophically
  3. autotrophies
  4. autotrophism
  5. autotrophs
  6. autotrophy
  7. autotropic
  8. autotropically
  9. autotropism
  10. autotruck
  11. autotrucks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autotrophy (page history and authors); autotrophy (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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