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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -phototaxy-, *phototaxy*
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Phototaxy

{ ‖, n. [ NL. phototaxis; photo- + Gr. &unr_; an arranging. ] (Biol.) The influence of light on the movements of low organisms, as various infusorians, the zoospores of certain algæ, etc.; also, the tendency to follow definite directions of motion or assume definite positions under such influence. If the migration is toward the source of light, it is termed
positive phototaxis; if away from the light,
negative phototaxis. -- Pho`to*tac"tic a. -- Pho`to*tac"tic*al*ly, adv. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Variants: Phototaxis

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