Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In biology, of or pertaining to the growth or bending of organisms in relation to heat; exhibiting thermotropism.
- In botany, exhibiting or characterized by thermotropism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Manifesting thermotropism.
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- adjective biology, of a plant Tending to move towards or away from a source of
heat - adjective physics, of a liquid crystal Exhibiting different
phases at differenttemperatures
Etymologies
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Examples
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When the lamp is turned on and heats up, the thermotropic petals gradually move away from the hot bulb – opening up like a flower in the sunshine.
2006 May | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 2006
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The Protea lamp is thermotropic: meaning it moves away from heat.
2006 May | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 2006
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The Protea lamp is thermotropic: meaning it moves away from heat.
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When the lamp is turned on and heats up, the thermotropic petals gradually move away from the hot bulb – opening up like a flower in the sunshine.
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A certain species of thermotropic eel-like creature nearly two meters long had biologists almost coming to blows over its taxonomy.
Diuturnity's Dawn Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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Constructed of gray block, with a white peaked roof and triple-pane, thermotropic, bulletproofwindows, it featured its own water and power supply.
The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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In contrast to the last time he had seen her, she looked striking in casual weftfiber suit, matching purse, the latest slide shoes, and wide-brimmed thermotropic hat.
The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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A certain species of thermotropic eel-like creature nearly two meters long had biologists almost coming to blows over its taxonomy.
Diuturnity's Dawn Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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Only the high-tech look of thermotropic heaters and incantube lighting made the place seem any different from the dungeons in the old tales of T'Eleijha and the Raven.
The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000
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Only the high-tech look of thermotropic heaters and incantube lighting made the place seem any different from the dungeons in the old tales of T'Eleijha and the Raven.
The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000
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