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Definition of Photic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or caused by light.
Definition of Photic
1. a. Relating to the production of light by the lower animals.
2. a. Of or pert. to light; specif., relating to the production of light by the lower animals.
Definition of Photic
1. Adjective. of, related to, or irradiated by light; especially describing that part of the near-surface ocean is which photosynthesis is possible ¹
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Definition of Photic
1. pertaining to light [adj]
Medical Definition of Photic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Photic
Literary usage of Photic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Predominance of the photic region, ii. The Differentiation of the Vegetation. \.
... arrangement in the photic region. Lime-excreting Cyano- phyceae. ..."
2. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1843)
"Having tit voted many years to the endeavour of tracing the connexion of photic
matter with the elements, I beg leave, on this occasion, to submit to your ..."
3. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"Its absolute and relative photic ration increases with the diminution of temperature.
Thus the minimum of the relative photic ration in the case of Acer ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1883)
"Each of the two-planet bells is indicated, and the photic radius precisely ...
The Stellar-photic Scries. The second geometrical series of Notes 355-61, ..."
5. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1843)
"We cannot any longer doubt that the photic sunbeams are fraught with radical
elementary matter,—-similar to the chemical flame of terrestrial fire, ..."
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