tropism
(noun) an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tropism (countable and uncountable, plural tropisms)
(biology) The turning of an organism in response to a stimulus, either towards or away from the stimulus.
(virology) Which type of tissue supports a certain virus.
(biology): Distinguished from taxis in that in a taxis, the organism has motility and moves towards or away from stimulus (e.g, bacteria, animals), while in a tropism the organism is not motile, and simply turns or grows towards or away from stimulus (e.g, plants, fungi). Similarly, kinesis is distinguished as non-directional movement.
In compound terms, analyzed as suffix -tropism, not stand-alone tropism.
• imports, primost, promist
Source: Wiktionary
Tro"pism, n. [Gr. a turning, to turn + -ism.] (Physiol.)
Definition: Modification of the direction of growth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 January 2025
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
