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polarotactic

polarotactic adjective: that is attracted to polarized light, typically reflected from a surface.

Adjective

polarotactic (not comparable)

  1. That is attracted to polarized light, typically reflected from a surface

Origin of polarotactic

From polaro- + -tactic.

Questions about polarotactic

What does polarotactic mean?
Polarotactic means that is attracted to polarized light, typically reflected from a surface.
What part of speech is polarotactic?
Polarotactic is an adjective.

Words near polarotactic in the dictionary

  1. polaron
  2. polaronic
  3. polarons
  4. polaroplast
  5. polaroplasts
  6. polarotactic
  7. polarotaxis
  8. polars
  9. polarward
  10. polary
  11. polarying

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