THERMOTROPISM


Meaning of THERMOTROPISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ (ˌ)thər-ˈmä-trə-ˌpi-zəm ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: circa 1890

: a tropism in which a temperature gradient determines the orientation

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