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photoorientation

noun

Etymology

From photo- + orientation.

  1. borrowed from orientation
  2. formed as photoorientation — “photo- + orientation”

Definitions

  1. The process of aligning molecules or living organisms using light.

    • The term photoorientation is used here to include all types of movement which tend to bring living organisms into geometrical relation with light fields in which they find themselves.
    • Photoorientation of chloroplasts from profile to face position in Mougeotia can be controlled in two ways.
    • Orientation film is a key material in liquid crystal displays,and the technology of inducing liquid crystal molecularorientation through polyimide photoorientation film is widely studied.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for photoorientation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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