apheliotropically

adverb

In an apheliotropic way; away from the sun.

Scrabble 29

Meanings

adverbapheliotropically (comparative more apheliotropically, superlative most apheliotropically)

comparative more apheliotropically · superlative most apheliotropically

  1. In an apheliotropic way; away from the sun.

    It has been empirically found that the reflection ratio when apheliotropically (looking downsun) is ...

    1982, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, page 901
    2 more examples

    In the case of the radicles of Sinapis alba, sensitiveness to light also resides in the tip, which, when laterally illuminated, causes the adjoining part of the root to bend apheliotropically.

    1880, Charles Darwin, The Power of Movement in Plants

    Where the red moon, inches above our heads, Will exclude us from its light, apheliotropically, in the end.

    1994, Thomas Avena, Life sentences: writers, artists, and AIDS, page 111

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