When we're not feeling well, there's a tropism toward sweet things.
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Tropism
//ˈtɹəʊpɪz(ə)m//
Synonyms for "tropism" (37 found)
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Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
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14 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 48 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- tropisme noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Arabic
1 entries- انتحاء noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Armenian
1 entries- տրոպիզմներ noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tropizm noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Bashkir
1 entries- тропизм noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Basque
1 entries- tropismo noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тропи́зъм noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Burmese
1 entries- ထရိုပီဇင်း noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Catalan
1 entries- tropisme noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 向性 noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Czech
1 entries- tropismus noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Dutch
1 entries- tropie noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Esperanto
1 entries- planta moviĝo noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Estonian
1 entries- tropism noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Finnish
3 entries- tropismi noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
- tropismi noun (capability or tendency for a pathogen to infect a type of cell, tissue, organ, or host organism)
- tropismi noun (of a person: instinctive predilection or tendency)
French
1 entries- tropisme noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
German
2 entries- Pflanzenbewegung noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
- Tropismus noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Greek
1 entries- τροπισμός noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Hebrew
1 entries- טרופיזם noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Hungarian
1 entries- tropizmus noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Icelandic
1 entries- leitni noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Ido
1 entries- tropismo noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Indonesian
1 entries- tropisme noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Irish
1 entries- trópacht noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Italian
2 entries- trofismo noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
- tropismo noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Japanese
1 entries- 屈性 noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Kazakh
1 entries- тропизм noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Korean
1 entries- 굴성 noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тропизм noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tropizmas noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Macedonian
2 entries- тропи́зам noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
- тропи́зам noun (capability or tendency for a pathogen to infect a type of cell, tissue, organ, or host organism)
Malay
1 entries- tropisme noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Malayalam
1 entries- അഭിഗതി noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Occitan
1 entries- tropisme noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Persian
1 entries- گرایش noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Polish
3 entries- tropizm noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
- tropizm noun (capability or tendency for a pathogen to infect a type of cell, tissue, organ, or host organism)
- tropizm noun (of a person: instinctive predilection or tendency)
Portuguese
1 entries- tropismo noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Romanian
1 entries- tropism noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Russian
1 entries- тропи́зм noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- tropìzam noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
- тропѝзам noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Spanish
1 entries- tropismo noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Swedish
1 entries- tropism noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Tamil
1 entries- திருப்ப அசைவு noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Thai
1 entries- การเบนของพืช noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тропізм noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Urdu
1 entries- رخیت noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Uzbek
1 entries- tropizm noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Welsh
1 entries- tropedd noun (turning of an organism or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; an instance of this)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Orientation and tropism are synonymous expressions; that gatherings [of Paramecium] take place is a consequence of the orientation, and therefore throws no light whatever upon the tropisms. (Gatherings, however, are not always indicative of a tropism, i.e., of an orientation, but may be due to kinesis […]
Source: wiktionary
Phototropic orientation of an embryo plant in zero gravity […] On earth, a germinated seedling can be placed in any position and the radicle will invariably turn the embryo plant "downward" and the hypocotle "upward". This is because positive root tropism toward gravity and negative stem tropism away from gravity. In the absence of gravity, will the plumules and the stem of the embryo plant reacting positively to phototropism guide the entire plant including the root system for its directional orientation?
Source: wiktionary
Tropism means that the roots or branches move by turning towards or turning away from environmental stimuli. We have implemented this behavior in the roots of the plantoid [i.e., a robot or synthetic organism designed to act like a plant], integrating sensors and using an adaptive material for growing.
Source: wiktionary
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