thigmotaxis

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Because we did neither observe passive floating at all nor did we find any differences in thigmotaxis,

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  1. noun See stereotaxis.

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  • Because we did neither observe passive floating at all nor did we find any differences in thigmotaxis, —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • An effective progression from thigmotaxis to precise and place specific allocentric navigation depends on a metric representation of the environment which in turn requires a successful integration of the available distant cues. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • "wall hugging" or "thigmotaxis". —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • 2d alv bielefeld chemotaxis crickets cube featuredetector freezing gradientdescent homing imagedatabase natural obstacleavoidance panoramic polarized robot thanatosis thigmotaxis vibration warping CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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  1. Greek thigma, touch (from thinganein, to touch; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots) + -taxis.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek θίγμα, touch, + τάξις, disposition.
 

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/θɪgməˈtæksɪs/
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