Meanings
adjectiveeuphotic (not comparable)
- not comparableSynonym of photic (“describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible”).
Synonyms: photic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of photic (“describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible”).
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁wes-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁wésus?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁su-
- Proto-Hellenic*ehu-
- Ancient Greekἐΰς (eǘs)
- Ancient Greekεὖ (eû)
- Englisheu-
- Englishphotic
- Englisheuphotic
Translations
French euphotique
- euphotiquedescribing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible
Italian eufotico
- eufoticodescribing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with euphotic
oticphoticloticaphoticapodoticbinoticdioticdisphoticentoticepioticmetoticmonoticperioticpostoticpreoticprooticrhoticsphenotictransotic
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APA
euphotic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euphotic
MLA
“euphotic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euphotic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “euphotic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euphotic.
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