tropism

Because the ultimate tropism, the man, was not far off.

A "tropism" is an action done without conscious thought.

When they were not about, its tropism was weak and it went where it would.

The phenomenon was more like a tropism, in plants, than any animal or human instinct.

Tropisms are typically associated with plants (although not necessarily restricted to them).

The specificity of a particular virus for a specific tissue is known as its tropism.

This interaction may play a role in determining tissue tropism and host range.

I had a sort of negative tropism to him - guess I'm not prepared to see the light yet.'

Tropisms generally result from an interaction between the environment and production of one or more plant hormones.

When two suns were present, this tropism adjusted to the radiation balance.

"You think there might be a similar tropism?"

He feels a weird yearning, a tropism for information.

This suggests that tissue tropism is determined after cellular infection.

A response to a directional stimulus, such as gravity or sun light, is called a tropism.

But a gnome could, with the aid of his strange tropism to daylight.

A tropism of love and contrition drew Mackie to him.

There are some remarkably complex tropisms but you couldn't call it sentient.

As someone said, he had a buglike tropism for publicity.

I'm starting in Charlotte tomorrow but I feel this huge tropism toward a game of baseball.

However, this is not a form of tropism, but a nastic movement, a similar phenomenon.

The tropism guided him, but he was terrified lest he reach a dead end.

This is a tropism toward the toilet.

When the take is over, there is an instinctive tropism toward Roberts, to find out what he thinks.

A tropism for unity is an essential part of his character and of his campaign.

This coat protein allows the virus to be concentrated and confers greater tropism.