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tropism

movement of an organism, or part of an organism, in response to an external source of stimulus, usually toward or away from it
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tropism

Summary

tropism is a biological process[1]. tropism draws 353 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #182 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • tropism's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
  • tropism is a type of response to external stimulus[4].
  • tropism's Commons category is recorded as Tropism[5].
  • tropism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tropism[6].
  • tropism's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[7].
  • tropism's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • tropism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[9].
  • tropism's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • tropism's described by source is recorded as Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15)[11].
  • tropism's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[12].
  • tropism's described by source is recorded as Great medical encyclopedia[13].
  • tropism's topic has template is recorded as Template:Tropism[14].
  • tropism's different from is recorded as Q9361837[15].
  • tropism's different from is recorded as taxis[16].
  • tropism's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0009606[17].

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Definition and Type

tropism's instance of is recorded as biological process[3]. tropism is a type of response to external stimulus[4].

Why It Matters

tropism draws 353 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #182 of 442).[2] tropism has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] tropism is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q9361837, taxis
    Subclass of → response to external stimulus
    Wikidata description → movement of an organism, or part of an organism, in response to an external sour
    Instance of → biological process
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553671305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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