Definition of Phototropisms

1. phototropism [n] - See also: phototropism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phototropisms

phototransformations
phototransistor
phototransistors
phototriangulation
phototronic
phototroph
phototrophic
phototrophic bacteria
phototrophs
phototrophy
phototropic
phototropic bacteria
phototropically
phototropin
phototropism
phototropisms (current term)
phototropy
phototube
phototubes
phototunable
phototuning
phototype
phototypes
phototypesetter
phototypesetters
phototypesetting
phototypic
phototypography
phototypy
photovaristor

Literary usage of Phototropisms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On English Poetry: Being an Irregular Approach to the Psychology of this Art by Robert Graves (1922)
"... if you look closely, Of busy imagination's new-coined money— And if you watch the blind phototropisms of my fluttering mind, Whether, growing strong, ..."

2. Elementary Biology: An Introduction to the Science of Life by Benjamin Charles Gruenberg (1919)
"... so that there are true reflexes of the phototropisms. This would show that the response depends upon the condition of the protoplasm. 270. ..."

3. The Psychic Life of Insects by E.-L. Bouvier (1922)
"... directive orientations of, 6 positive phototropisms of, 34, 35 Escherich, on topochemical sense Ethological factors, in group evolution, 331 among ants, ..."

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