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AllotrophicAllotrophic Al`lo*troph"ic, a. [Gr. ? other + trophic.]
(a) (Physiol.) Changed or modified in nutritive power by the
process of digestion.
(b) (Plant Physiol.) Dependent upon other organisms for
nutrition; heterotrophic; -- said of plants unable to
perform photosynthesis, as all saprophytes; -- opposed to
autotrophic. Anastrophe
Anastrophe A*nas"tro*phe, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn up or back;
? + ? to turn.] (Rhet. & Gram.)
An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the
hills, for, the hills echoed.
Antistrophic
Antistrophic An`ti*stroph"ic, a. [Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
Antistrophon
Antistrophon An*tis"tro*phon, n. [Gr. ? turned opposite ways.]
(Rhet.)
An argument retorted on an opponent. --Milton.
Apostrophic
Apostrophic Ap`os*troph"ic, a.
Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.
Apostrophize
Apostrophize A*pos"tro*phize, v. i.
To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
AstrophelAstrophel As"tro*phel, n.
See Astrofel. [Obs.] Astrophotography
Astrophotography As`tro*pho*tog"ra*phy, n. [Astro- +
photography.]
The application of photography to the delineation of the sun,
moon, and stars.
Astrophotometer
Astrophotometer As`tro*pho*tom"e*ter, n. [Pref. astro- +
photometer.] (Astron.)
A photometer for measuring the brightness of stars.
AstrophotometricalAstrophotometry As`tro*pho*tom"e*try, n. (Astron.)
The determination of the brightness of stars, and also of the
sun, moon, and planets. -- As`tro*pho`to*met"ric*al, a. AstrophotometryAstrophotometry As`tro*pho*tom"e*try, n. (Astron.)
The determination of the brightness of stars, and also of the
sun, moon, and planets. -- As`tro*pho`to*met"ric*al, a. Astrophysical
Astrophysical As`tro*phys"ic*al, a.
Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science.
Astrophysics
Astrophysics As`tro*phys"ics, n. [Astro- + physics.] (Astron.)
The science treating of the physical characteristics of the
stars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution,
light, heat, atmospheres, etc.
Note: Its observations are made with the spectroscope,
bolometer, etc., usually in connection with the
telescope.
Astrophyton
Astrophyton As*troph"y*ton, n. [Astro- + Gr. fyton a plant.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched.
Atrophic
Atrophic A*troph"ic, a.
Relating to atrophy.
Atrophied
Atrophied At"ro*phied, p. a.
Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in
development at a very early stage; rudimentary.
AtrophiedAtrophy At"ro*phy, v. t. [p. p. Atrophied.]
To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or
weaken. AtrophyAtrophy At"ro*phy, v. t. [p. p. Atrophied.]
To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or
weaken. Atrophy
Atrophy At"ro*phy, v. i.
To waste away; to dwindle.
Autotrophic
Autotrophic Au`to*troph"ic, a. [Auto- + trophic.] (Plant
Physiol.)
Capable of self-nourishment; -- said of all plants in which
photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism
or saprophytism.
Boustrophedon
Boustrophedon Bou`stro*phe"don, n. [Gr. ? turning like oxen in
plowing; ? to turn.]
An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line
from left to right, and the next from right to left (as
fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.
Boustrophedonic
Boustrophedonic Bou*stroph`e*don"ic, a.
Relating to the boustrophedon made of writing.
Catastrophe
Catastrophe Ca*tas"tro*phe, n. [L. catastropha, Gr. ?, fr. ?
to turn up and down, to overturn; kata` down + ? to turn.]
1. An event producing a subversion of the order or system of
things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or
disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great
misfortune.
The strange catastrophe of affairs now at London.
--Bp. Burnet.
The most horrible and portentous catastrophe that
nature ever yet saw. --Woodward.
2. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a
denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a
comedy.
3. (Geol.) A violent and widely extended change in the
surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of
some part of it, effected by internal causes. --Whewell.
Catastrophic
Catastrophic Cat`a*stroph"ic, a.
Of a pertaining to a catastrophe. --B. Powell.
Catastrophist
Catastrophist Ca*tas"tro*phist, n. (Geol.)
One who holds the theory or catastrophism.
Diastrophus nebulosusPithy Pith"y, a. [Compar. Pithier; superl. Pithiest.]
1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith;
as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.
This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed.
--Dryden.
In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy.
--Addison.
Pithy gall (Zo["o]l.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong
gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly
(Diastrophus nebulosus). Electrophone
Electrophone E*lec"tro*phone, n. [Electro- + Gr. ? sound.]
(Physics)
An instrument for producing sound by means of electric
currents.
ElectrophoriElectrophorus E*lec`troph"o*rus, n.; pl. Electrophori. [NL.,
fr. combining form electro- + Gr. ? to bear.] (Physics)
An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the
charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake
of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate
of metal. ElectrophorusElectrophorus E*lec`troph"o*rus, n.; pl. Electrophori. [NL.,
fr. combining form electro- + Gr. ? to bear.] (Physics)
An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the
charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake
of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate
of metal. Eutrophy
Eutrophy Eu"tro*phy, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? nourishing, healthy; ?
well + ? to nourish.] (Med.)
Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive
functions.
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- The
trophic level of an
organism is the
position it
occupies in a food web. A food
chain is a
succession of
organisms that eat
other organisms and may...
- of
organisms based on
their metabolism Energy source sunlight photo- -
troph molecules chemo-
Hydrogen or
electron donor organic compound organo- ...
- and thus the
predation of
lions on zebras. A
trophic level (from Gr****
troph, τροφή, trophē,
meaning "food" or "feeding") is "a
group of
organisms acquiring...
- Bell. The word "dystrophy"
comes from the Gr**** dys,
meaning "no, un-" and
troph-
meaning "nourish". The
signs and
symptoms consistent with
muscular dystrophy...
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Photoheterotrophs (Gk:
photo = light,
hetero = (an)other,
troph = nourishment) are
heterotrophic phototrophs—that is, they are
organisms that use light...
- -hydro- when the
source is water. Look up -
troph in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
common final part -
troph is from
Ancient Gr**** τροφή trophḗ "nutrition"...
- of
nutrition (trophic levels), the
other being autotrophs (auto = self,
troph = nutrition).
Autotrophs use
energy from
sunlight (photoautotrophs) or oxidation...
- treponemiasis, trope, tropic, tropism, tropopause, troposphere,
trove treph-,
troph- feed, grow Gr**** τρέφειν (tréphein), τροφός (trophós), τροφή (trophḗ),...
- term "lithotroph" was
created from the Gr****
terms 'lithos' (rock) and '
troph' (consumer),
meaning "eaters of rock". Many but not all lithoautotrophs...
