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Definition of Thermotropic
1. a. Manifesting thermotropism.
Definition of Thermotropic
1. Adjective. (biology of a plant) Tending to move towards or away from a source of heat ¹
2. Adjective. (physics of a liquid crystal) Exhibiting different phases at different temperatures ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thermotropic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Thermotropic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermotropic
Literary usage of Thermotropic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1897)
"... and thinks that its action is what he calls " thermotropic," depending on the
principle that if between two similar pieces of metal there is an oxide of ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1914)
"Wortmann experimented also with decapitated roots, to determine if the root- tip
alone were capable of receiving and transmitting thermotropic stimuli. ..."
3. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"WORTMANN (1883), in a lengthy series of experiments, endeavoured to prove
thermotropic curvatures in the sporangiophores of Phycomyces and in seedlings of ..."
4. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"Under the same conditions the plumule of a seedling maize was positively thermotropic.
The roots of the hyacinth when growing in water turn towards the ..."
5. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"So, likewise, the radicle of Zea mais is + thermotropic at 12°- 36° ± thermotropic
at 37°- 38° — thermotropic at 40°- 49°. ..."
6. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"So, likewise, the radicle of Zea mais is + thermotropic at 12°-36° ± thermotropic
at 37°-38° — thermotropic at 40°-49°. ..."
7. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"So, likewise, the radicle of Zea mais is + thermotropic at ... 36° ± thermotropic
at 37°- 38° — thermotropic at 40°- 49°. In these cases, as in the tactic ..."
8. Principles of Breeding: A Treatise on Thremmatology Or the Principles and by Eugene Davenport, Henry Lewis Rietz (1907)
"The plumule of seedling maize, for example, is known to be positively thermotropic
at ordinary temperatures, while the radicle is positive between 15° and ..."
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