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polarotaxis

polarotaxis noun: orientation of an organism in line with the plane of polarization of polarized light.

Noun

polarotaxis (uncountable)

  1. orientation of an organism in line with the plane of polarization of polarized light

Origin of polarotaxis

From polaro- + taxis.

Questions about polarotaxis

What does polarotaxis mean?
Polarotaxis means orientation of an organism in line with the plane of polarization of polarized light.
What part of speech is polarotaxis?
Polarotaxis is a noun.

Words near polarotaxis in the dictionary

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

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