phototaxis

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os

Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos

Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)

Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)

Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der.

English photo-

English taxis

English phototaxis

From photo- + taxis.

Noun

phototaxis (usually uncountable, plural phototaxes)

1. (biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from a source of light

Synonyms

• phototaxy

Antonyms

• scototaxis

Derived terms

• gyrophototaxis
• negative phototaxis
• positive phototaxis

Related terms

• phototactic

Translations

movement of an organism either towards or away from a source of light

• Catalan: fototaxi f
• Finnish: fototaksia
• French: phototaxie (fr) f
• German: Phototaxis f
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: fototaksja f
• Romanian: fototaxie (ro) f
• Russian: фотота́ксис (ru) m (fototáksis)
• Spanish: fototaxis f
• Tagalog: sugbiling