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photoperiodism

photoperiodism noun: the growth, development and other responses of plants and animals according to the length of day and/or night.

Noun

photoperiodism (usually uncountable, plural photoperiodisms)

  1. (usually) The growth, development and other responses of plants and animals according to the length of day and/or night.

photoperiodism meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

photoperiodism in Tamil

ஒளிக்காலத்துவம், ஒளியாவர்த்தனமுண்மை, ஒளிப்பருவ நிலை, ஒளிக்காலப்பேறு

photoperiodism in Malayalam

ദീപ്‌തികാലത

Forms of photoperiodism

pluralphotoperiodisms

Origin of photoperiodism

From photoperiod + -ism.

Questions about photoperiodism

What does photoperiodism mean?
Photoperiodism means the growth, development and other responses of plants and animals according to the length of day and/or night.
What is photoperiodism in Tamil?
Photoperiodism in Tamil is ஒளிக்காலத்துவம், ஒளியாவர்த்தனமுண்மை, ஒளிப்பருவ நிலை. See Photoperiodism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photoperiodism?
Photoperiodism is a noun.
What is the plural of photoperiodism?
The plural of photoperiodism is photoperiodisms.

Words near photoperiodism in the dictionary

  1. photoperiodic
  2. photoperiodical
  3. photoperiodically
  4. photoperiodicities
  5. photoperiodicity
  6. photoperiodism
  7. photoperiodisms
  8. photoperiods
  9. photoperoxidation
  10. photoperoxidations
  11. photoperturbation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photoperiodism (page history and authors); photoperiodism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); photoperiodism (Malayalam 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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