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-tropism

suffix
/-ˈtɹəʊpɪz(ə)m/UK/-ˈtɹoʊˌpɪzəm/US

Etymology

From Latin tropus (English trope) + -ism, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”). Early use in botany as geotropism and heliotropism.

  1. derived from τρόπος — “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”
  2. derived from tropus

Definitions

  1. movement, turning.

  2. growth towards.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA