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gyrotaxis

gyrotaxis noun: any directed locomotion resulting from a combination of gravitational and viscous torques in a flow.

Noun

gyrotaxis (uncountable)

  1. Any directed locomotion resulting from a combination of gravitational and viscous torques in a flow.

Origin of gyrotaxis

From gyro- + taxis.

Questions about gyrotaxis

What does gyrotaxis mean?
Gyrotaxis means any directed locomotion resulting from a combination of gravitational and viscous torques in a flow.
What part of speech is gyrotaxis?
Gyrotaxis is a noun.

Words near gyrotaxis in the dictionary

  1. gyrosynchrotron
  2. gyrotactic
  3. gyrotactically
  4. gyrotangent
  5. gyrotangents
  6. gyrotaxis
  7. gyrotheodolite
  8. gyrotheodolites
  9. gyrothermal
  10. gyrotop
  11. gyrotops

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