"photic" meaning in English

See photic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more photic [comparative], most photic [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊtɪk Etymology: photo- + -ic Etymology templates: {{confix|en|photo|ic}} photo- + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} photic (comparative more photic, superlative most photic)
  1. Of, related to, or irradiated by light; especially describing that part of the near-surface ocean is which photosynthesis is possible. Derived forms: aphotic, disphotic, euphotic, mesophotic, nonphotic, photically, photic sneeze reflex, photic zone, subphotic Translations (irradiated by light): fotisch (Dutch), photique (French), fotico (Italian), 빛의 (bichui) (Korean), fotyczny (Polish), świetlny (Polish), светово́й (svetovój) (Russian), фоти́ческий (fotíčeskij) (Russian), fótico (Spanish)

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