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Auxotonic

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment.
  2. 2
    Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes and the tension differs due to an increasing load or difference in leverage.

Etymology

From auxo- (“increase, growth”) + tonic.

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