AEROTAXIS | • aerotaxis n. (Biology) Movement of an organism either towards or away from a region of higher oxygen content. • AEROTAXIS n. movement towards or from oxygen. |
CLINOAXIS | • clinoaxis n. The diagonal axis that makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis in a monoclinic crystal. • CLINOAXIS n. in crystallography, the clinodiagonal. |
CYTOTAXIS | • cytotaxis n. (Biology) The directive influence that determines the arrangement of cells; the selective, ordering… • CYTOTAXIS n. movement of cells due to external stimulus. |
EPISTAXIS | • epistaxis n. (Medicine) nosebleed. • EPISTAXIS n. bleeding from the nose. |
HOMOTAXIS | • homotaxis n. (Biology) similarity in arrangement of parts. • homotaxis n. (Geology) similarity in the lithostratigraphic or biostratigraphic vertical sequence of rock strata… • HOMOTAXIS n. coincidence in order of organic succession but not necessarily in time. |
HYPOTAXIS | • hypotaxis n. (Grammar) Syntactic subordination of one clause or construction to another. • HYPOTAXIS n. a dependent or subordinate relationship of clauses with conjunctions. |
ORTHOAXIS | • ORTHOAXIS n. in crystallography, the orthodiagonal. |
PARATAXIS | • parataxis n. (Grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated… • parataxis n. (Literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection. • parataxis n. (Historical, politics) A coalition or "partisan camp" in the Ancient Greek political system. |
PSEUDAXIS | • pseudaxis n. Alternative form of pseudoaxis. • PSEUDAXIS n. a sympodium, an axis made up of the basal portions of several branches. |
RHEOTAXIS | • rheotaxis n. (Biology) movement in response to a current (of water or air). • RHEOTAXIS n. the movement of an organism in response to a current of water. |
TELOTAXIS | • telotaxis n. (Biology) movement of an organism either toward or away from a stimulus. • TELOTAXIS n. a taxis by which an organism orients itself in respect to a stimulus. |