aphotic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Having no light, especially no sunlight.
Describing that part of deep lakes and oceans where less than one per cent of sunlight penetrates and where photosynthesis is not possible.

/eɪˈfəʊtɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-aphotic.wav /eɪˈfoʊtɪk/

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From a- (prefix meaning ‘not; without; opposite of’) + photic.

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aphotic zone

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