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magnetotaxis en · NOUN

Etymology

From magneto- + taxis; coined in 1975 by R. P. Blakemore to describe certain motile aquatic bacteria.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The supposed ability to sense a magnetic field and coordinate movement in response, later discovered to be natural magnetism: such creatures orient themselves magnetically even after death

Relateds

magnetotactic

Translations (3)

fr magnétotactisme (the supposed ability to sense a magnetic field and coordinate movement in response) · fr magnétotaxie (the supposed ability to sense a magnetic field and coordinate movement in response) · it magnetotattismo (the supposed ability to sense a magnetic field and coordinate movement in response)