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auxotonic

auxotonic adjective: relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment.

Adjective

auxotonic (comparative more auxotonic, superlative most auxotonic)

  1. Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment.
  2. Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes and the tension differs due to an increasing load or difference in leverage.

Antonyms of auxotonic

Forms of auxotonic

comparativemore auxotonic
superlativemost auxotonic

Origin of auxotonic

From auxo- (“increase, growth”) + tonic.

Questions about auxotonic

What does auxotonic mean?
Auxotonic means relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment.
What part of speech is auxotonic?
Auxotonic is an adjective.

Words near auxotonic in the dictionary

  1. auxosporulation
  2. auxosporulations
  3. auxostat
  4. auxostats
  5. auxotelic
  6. auxotonic
  7. auxotonically
  8. auxotroph
  9. auxotrophic
  10. auxotrophical
  11. auxotrophically

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