photoresponsen.
/ˈfəʊtəʊrᵻˌspɒns/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdoʊrəˌspɑns/, /ˈfoʊdoʊriˌspɑns/ A response to light; esp. a response of a plant mediated otherwise than through photosynthesis.
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photoresponse1942
photoresponsiveness1968
1942 Ecol. Monogr. 12 355/2 Indirect photoresponse: reaction of gonads of fishes, birds, and mammals to changes in photoperiodism.
1950 Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. 1 43 The photoresponses of plants at different ages or stages of development may be opposite.
1976 Nature 19 Aug. 680/2 For photoresponse spectra, electrodes were illuminated by 400-Hz chopped, monochromatic radiation.
1990 Jrnl. Plankton Res. 12 1219 We have made a distinction between photoresponse and photoadaptation and thus tacitly assumed the existence of a ‘spectral gap’ between two kinds of adjustment processes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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