TROPOTAXIS


Meaning of TROPOTAXIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌtrō-pə-ˈtak-səs, ˌträ- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1934

: a taxis in which an organism orients itself by the simultaneous comparison of stimuli of different intensity acting on separate end organs

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.