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autotrophically 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. (autotrophic) of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis
  2. (Autotrophic) refers to an organism that produces its own food (eg. plants and algae).
  3. (Autotrophic) Capable of feeding oneself, i.e. photosynthetic plants.
  4. (Autotrophic) An organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy.
  5. (Autotrophic (bacteria)) Autotrophic bacteria can take carbon in from the atmosphere through the fixation, reduction and incorporation of carbon dioxide.
  6. (autotrophic) Capable of growth independent of outside sources of nutrients or growth factors. (20)
  7. (autotrophic) Organisms which trap energy from physical or chemical sources and use the energy to assemble the macromolecules of which they are made. Photosynthesis is the only process by which this happens in eukaryotes, but additional processes are found among prokaryote organisms. ...
  8. (autotrophic) Refers to organisms that synthesize their nutrients and obtain their energy from inorganic raw materials.
  9. (autotrophic) Said of organisms that use sunlight to create food.
  10. (autotrophic) Self-nourishing organisms capable of utilizing carbon dioxide or carbonates as the sole source of carbon and obtaining energy for life processes from radiant energy or from the oxidation of inorganic elements, or compounds such as iron, sulphur, hydrogen, ammonium and nitrites. ...
  11. (autotrophic) adj. - Botany, nourishing itself; autophytic.
  12. (autotrophic) independent of other organisms in respect of organic nutrition, able to form carbohydrates by process of photosynthesis. cf. parasite.
  13. (autotrophic) self feeding, not depending on parasitism or entirely on organic matter. cf. heterotrophic
  14. (autotrophic) the ability to produce organic food without eating other organisms