| AEOLOTROPIC | • aeolotropic adj. (Physics) Pertaining to aeolotropy; of a body or substance, having physical properties (e.g., electric… • æolotropic adj. Obsolete spelling of aeolotropic. • AEOLOTROPIC adj. having different physical properties in different positions or directions, anisotropic. |
| ANISOTROPIC | • anisotropic adj. (Physics, mathematics) Having properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy. • ANISOTROPIC adj. not having the same properties in every direction. |
| CHEMOTROPIC | • chemotropic adj. (Biology) of, related to, or in response to chemotropism. • CHEMOTROPIC adj. exhibiting chemotropism, i.e. plant growth in the direction of a particular chemical. |
| DEXIOTROPIC | • dexiotropic adj. Having the form of a right-handed spiral. • DEXIOTROPIC adj. coiled in a rightward direction, as of a right-spiralling snail shell. |
| HAPTOTROPIC | • haptotropic adj. Of or pertaining to haptotropism; moving when touched. • haptotropic adj. (Chemistry) Describing the movement of clusters of atoms between two ligands or other groups. • HAPTOTROPIC adj. curving in response to touch. |
| HELIOTROPIC | • heliotropic adj. Exhibiting heliotropism. • HELIOTROPIC adj. turning towards the sun, also HELIOTROPICAL. |
| HYDROTROPIC | • hydrotropic adj. (Biology) exhibiting hydrotropism. • HYDROTROPIC adj. exhibiting hydrotropism, i.e. growth in the direction of water. |
| LUTEOTROPIC | • luteotropic adj. That stimulates the corpus luteum. • LUTEOTROPIC adj. acting on the corpora lutea, also LUTEOTROPHIC. |
| NEUROTROPIC | • neurotropic adj. (Pharmacology) Of or pertaining to neurotropism. • NEUROTROPIC adj. having a special affinity for or growing in nerve cells. |
| NYCTITROPIC | • nyctitropic adj. (Botany) Turning or bending at night into special positions. • NYCTITROPIC adj. showing nyctitropism. |
| ORTHOTROPIC | • orthotropic adj. (Botany) Growing vertically, either upwards or downwards. • orthotropic adj. (Engineering) Having material properties that differ along three mutually orthogonal twofold axes of… • ORTHOTROPIC adj. growing along a vertical axis. |
| PHOTOTROPIC | • phototropic adj. Having a tendency to move in response to light. An animal or microbe that is positively phototropic… • PHOTOTROPIC adj. relating to phototropism, movement directed by light. |
| PLEIOTROPIC | • pleiotropic adj. Of or pertaining to pleiotropy. • PLEIOTROPIC adj. of a gene, having an effect simultaneously on more than one character in the offspring. |
| STENOTROPIC | • STENOTROPIC adj. able to adapt only to a small range of environmental conditions, also STENOTOPIC. |
| THIXOTROPIC | • thixotropic adj. (Chemistry, medicine, of a gel) Becoming a fluid when agitated but solid or semi-solid when allowed to stand. • THIXOTROPIC adj. of or showing, thixotropy; (of paints) nondrip. |
| THYROTROPIC | • thyrotropic adj. Able to stimulate the action of the thyroid gland. • THYROTROPIC adj. exerting or characterized by a direct influence on the secretory activity of the thyroid gland, also THYROTROPHIC. |