Diatropism

Quick meaning: Diatropism is a noun meaning (biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus.

Meaning

(biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus.

More Meanings

1. (organic chemistry) An orthogonal arrangement of groups of atoms within a molecule, often associated with aromaticity.
2. The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of dissimilarity from early childhood protective and parental figures.

Example Sentences

The phenomena of antiaromaticity and paratropism are less well known than those of aromaticity and diatropism.

Conversely, the linearly fused ring has increased diatropism relative to 3 dues to the bond localization in the C ring.

As a special result of diatropism, a transverse position is assumed which is exactly at right angles to the direction in which the iinfluence which acts as a stimulus is exerted.

There can be two limiting variants of the structure of the nearest surroundings of a molecule: parallel pairs and a mutually orthogonal arrangement (paratropism and diatropism [22] respectively).

Word Forms

• diatropisms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include autotropism, plagiotropism, phototropism, geotropism, electrotropism, halotropism.

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