English Explanatory Dictionary

gyrotaxis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any directed locomotion resulting from a combination of gravitational and viscous torques in a flow.

Word forms

gyrotaxis

Etymology

From gyro- + taxis.

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