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单词 autotropism
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autotropismn.

Brit. /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊpɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊˈtrɑˌpɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɔdəˈtrɑˌpɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɑdoʊˈtrɑˌpɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɑdəˈtrɑˌpɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: auto- comb. form1, -tropism comb. form.
Etymology: < auto- comb. form1 + -tropism comb. form. In sense 1 after German Autotropismus ( W. Pfeffer 1893, in Verhandl. der Ges. Deutsch. Naturforscher u. Ärzte i. 84).
1. Botany. The tendency of a plant part, esp. a root or shoot, to grow in a straight line or to retain its normal spatial orientation even in the presence of altered tropic stimuli (such as light or gravity).
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the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [noun] > tropisms
heliotropism1854
geotropism1873
apheliotropism1880
apogeotropism1880
nyctitropism1880
paraheliotropism1881
hydrotropism1882
selenotropism1883
selenotropy1883
rheotropism1884
orthotropism1885
plagiotropism1886
geotropy1888
haptotropism1888
aerotropism1889
phototropy1892
autotropism1897
plagiotropy1898
thermotropism1898
traumatropism1898
phototropism1899
gravitropism1969
1897 Bot. Gaz. 23 318 The roots react to..traumatropic stimuli, besides exhibiting rectipetality or autotropism.
1906 A. J. Ewart tr. W. Pfeffer Physiol. Plants III. 249 The lateral shoots assume either a plagiotropic position in virtue of their autotropism or are led into particular positions by various aitiogenic influences.
1937 F. W. Went & K. V. Thimann Phytohormones iv. 178 After only 30 minutes of curving the curvature begins to decrease very rapidly in the uppermost zones, so that they are straight within 2 hours (‘autotropism’).
2006 G. Perbal in G. Clément & K. Slenzka Fund. Space Biol. vi. 278 After a slight stimulation on a centrifuge, the roots show autotropism, i.e., straightening after several hours.
2. Mycology. The tendency of a fungal hypha to grow towards or away from another hypha in the same mycelium, or of the germ-tube of a germinating spore to grow towards or away from a spore of the same species.Autotropism in this sense is frequently described as positive (oriented towards the other hypha or spore), or negative (oriented away from the other hypha or spore).
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1966 Plant Physiol. 41 303 (heading) On Autotropism in Botrytis.
1973 Bot. Rev. 39 373 Strands of three to four hyphae growing parallel to one another were observed quite frequently. This effect could be interpreted as positive autotropism.
2002 D. Moore & L. N. Frazer Essent. Fungal Genetics ii. i 33 During normal mycelial growth vegetative hyphae usually avoid each other (known as negative autotropism). This behavior pattern promotes exploration.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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