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Definition of Geotaxis
1. Noun. (biology) A living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Geotaxis
1. the movement of an organism in response to gravity [n -TAXES]
Medical Definition of Geotaxis
1. See: gravitaxis. The prefix gravi is preferable since the gravitational fields used as cues need not necessarily be the Earth's. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geotaxis
Literary usage of Geotaxis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"CONTROL OF THE DIRECTION OF LOCOMOTION BY GRAVITY — geotaxis * The control of
the movements of Protista has been investigated chiefly by four naturalists ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences by American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1902)
"As the same number of experiments were not made on each animal studied, I have,
for the sake of comparison, estimated in each case the geotaxis in per cents ..."
3. Harvard Psychological Studies by Harvard Psychological Laboratory (1906)
"So far as my knowledge extends, no experimental work has been done to determine
the geotaxis of decapod Crustacea. Most of the vertebrates are positively ..."
4. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1900)
"geotaxis is the relation of the force of gravity to the action of organisms. ...
In order to test this problem of geotaxis, solutions of varying density in ..."
5. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost, Robert John Harvey Gibson (1907)
"Finally, we have still to speak of geotaxis, which has been demonstrated as ...
Whether, in the case of geotaxis, we have to do with some sensitivity which ..."
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