auxotonic

Meaning

Adjective

• Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment.
• Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes and the tension differs due to an increasing load or difference in leverage.

Related

Opposite words

• allassotonic (botany)
• isotonic, isometric (physiology)

Origin

• auxo- + tonic