photic
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tɪk adjective
1.
of or pertaining to light.
2.
pertaining to the generation of light by organisms, or their excitation by means of light.
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| 1. | of or concerned with light |
| 2. | biology of or relating to the production of light by organisms |
| 3. | Also: photobathic designating the zone of the sea where photosynthesis takes place |
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Photic
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Medical Dictionary
photic pho·tic (fō'tĭk)
adj.
Of or relating to light.
Penetrated by or receiving light.
Designating or relating to the layer of a body of water that is penetrated by sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis.
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photic (fō'tĭk) Pronunciation Key
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Example sentences
The epipelagic zone is also known as the photic or euphotic zone, and can exist in lakes as well as the ocean.
There's also the less common photic sneeze, where exposure to a flash of light causes an uncontrollable sneezing fit.
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