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photonasty

photonasty noun: a nastic response to a change in light levels.

Noun

photonasty (uncountable)

  1. A nastic response to a change in light levels.

Origin of photonasty

From photo- + -nasty.

Questions about photonasty

What does photonasty mean?
Photonasty means a nastic response to a change in light levels.
What part of speech is photonasty?
Photonasty is a noun.

Words near photonasty in the dictionary

  1. photon sails
  2. photon sphere
  3. photon spheres
  4. photon tunnelling
  5. photonastic
  6. photonasty
  7. photonecrosis
  8. photonegative
  9. photonephelometer
  10. photonephelometers
  11. photonephograph

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