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phototropistic

phototropistic is the alternative form of phototropic.

Meaning of phototropic

Adjective

phototropic (comparative more phototropic, superlative most phototropic)

  1. Having a tendency to move in response to light. An animal or microbe that is positively phototropic will move toward light. One that is negatively phototropic will move away from light.

Questions about phototropistic

What is phototropistic the alternative form of?
Phototropistic is the alternative form of phototropic.

Words near phototropistic in the dictionary

  1. phototropically
  2. phototropin
  3. phototropins
  4. phototropism
  5. phototropisms
  6. phototropistic
  7. phototropy
  8. phototube
  9. phototubes
  10. phototunable
  11. phototuning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phototropistic (page history and authors); phototropic (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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