"aphotic" meaning in English

See aphotic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /eɪˈfəʊtɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /eɪˈfoʊtɪk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-aphotic.wav Forms: more aphotic [comparative], most aphotic [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊtɪk Etymology: From a- (prefix meaning ‘not; without; opposite of’) + photic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|photic|pos1=prefix meaning ‘not; without; opposite of’}} a- (prefix meaning ‘not; without; opposite of’) + photic Head templates: {{en-adj}} aphotic (comparative more aphotic, superlative most aphotic)
  1. Having no light, especially no sunlight; specifically (biology, oceanography) describing that part of deep lakes and oceans where less than one per cent of sunlight penetrates and where photosynthesis is not possible. Categories (topical): Biology, Oceanography Derived forms: aphotic zone Coordinate_terms: disphotic, euphotic Translations (having no light, especially no sunlight): afotiko (Basque), афотична (afotična) (Bulgarian), afòtica (Catalan), 無光 (Chinese Mandarin), 无光 (wúguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), afotiske (Danish), afotisch (Dutch), afootne (Estonian), afoottinen (Finnish), aphotique (French), aphotische (German), afotico (Italian), 無光 (muhikari) (alt: むひかり) (Japanese), афотикалық (afotikalyq) (Kazakh), 무광 (mugwang) (Korean), afotinė (Lithuanian), afotisk (Norwegian Bokmål), afotisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), بینور (binur) (Persian), afotyczny (Polish), afótico (Portuguese), афотический (afotičeskij) (Russian), afotička [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), afótica (Spanish), afotik (Turkish), ışıksız (Turkish), афоти́чна (afotýčna) (Ukrainian)
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          "ref": "2018, Birte Matthiessen, Franziska Julie Werner, Matthias Paulsen, “Ecological Organization of the Sea”, in Markus Salomon, Till Markus, editors, Handbook on Marine Environment Protection: Science, Impacts and Sustainable Management, volume 1, Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, part I (Nature Science Basics), section 2.3.2 (Aphotic (Dark) Oceanic Benthic Zone), page 53:",
          "text": "The deep aphotic zone accounts for the largest portion (90%) of the marine benthic environment. Owing to the lack of solar energy, vegetation and photosynthetic primary production are largely nonexistent and food webs are mainly driven by heterotrophy. [...] A special mode of nutrition in the aphotic benthic zone is chemoautotrophy. Here chemoautotrophic bacteria and archaea replace photosynthetic primary production by using geothermally produced inorganic energy as a food source near deep sea vents and cold seeps.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Having no light, especially no sunlight; specifically (biology, oceanography) describing that part of deep lakes and oceans where less than one per cent of sunlight penetrates and where photosynthesis is not possible."
      ],
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          "light#Noun"
        ],
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        ],
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          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
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          "oceanography",
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        ],
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          "part#Noun"
        ],
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          "deep#Adjective"
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        [
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          "lake"
        ],
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          "ocean"
        ],
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ],
        [
          "per cent",
          "per cent"
        ],
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          "penetrate",
          "penetrate"
        ],
        [
          "photosynthesis",
          "photosynthesis"
        ],
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          "possible",
          "possible"
        ]
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/eɪˈfəʊtɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɪˈfoʊtɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊtɪk"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afotiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "afotična",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "афотична"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afòtica"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "無光"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúguāng",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "无光"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afotiske"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afotisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afootne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afoottinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "aphotique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "aphotische"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afotico"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むひかり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muhikari",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "無光"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "afotikalyq",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "афотикалық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mugwang",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "무광"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afotinė"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afotisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afotisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "binur",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "بینور"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afotyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afótico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "afotičeskij",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "афотический"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "afotička"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afótica"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "afotik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "ışıksız"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "afotýčna",
      "sense": "having no light, especially no sunlight",
      "word": "афоти́чна"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aphotic"
}

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