English-Thai Dictionary
chemotaxis
N การเคลื่อนไหว เข้า หรื ออกจาก สารเคมี
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CHEMOTAXIS; CHEMIOTAXIS
Chem `o *tax "is, n. Formerly also Chem `i *o *tax "is. [Chemical + Gr. arrangement, fr. to arrange. ] (Biol.)
Defn: The sensitiveness exhibited by small free-swimming organisms, as bacteria, zoöspores of algæ, etc. , to chemical substances held in solution. They may be attracted (positive chemotaxis ) or repelled (negative chemotaxis ). -- Chem `o *tac "tic (#), a. --Chem `o *tac "tic *al *ly, adv.
New American Oxford Dictionary
chemotaxis
che mo tax is |ˌkēmōˈtaksis, ˌkemō -ˌkimoʊˈtæksəs | ▶noun Biology movement of a motile cell or organism, or part of one, in a direction corresponding to a gradient of increasing or decreasing concentration of a particular substance. DERIVATIVES che mo tac tic |-ˈtaktik |adjective
Oxford Dictionary
chemotaxis
chemotaxis |ˌkiːmə (ʊ )ˈtaksɪs, ˌkɛm -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] Biology movement of a motile cell or organism, or part of one, in a direction corresponding to a gradient of increasing or decreasing concentration of a particular substance. DERIVATIVES chemotactic adjective
Duden Dictionary
Chemotaxis
Che mo ta xis Substantiv, feminin Biologie , die |Chemot a xis |die Chemotaxis; Genitiv: der Chemotaxis, Plural: die Chemotaxen zu griechisch táxis = Ordnung durch chemische Reize ausgelöste Orientierungsbewegung von Tieren und Pflanzen
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