Explore Photic through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Photic in a sentence
Photic meaning
- Of, related to, or irradiated by light.
- Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.
Synonyms of Photic
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Using Photic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, related to, or irradiated by light. | Of, related to, or irradiated by light. | Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.
- Useful related words include: actinic radiation, actinic ray.
- Possible Dutch translations are: fotisch.
- In the example corpus, photic often appears in combinations such as: photic zone, the photic, upper photic.
Context around Photic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Photic
- In this selection, "photic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, upper, middle, lower, zone and zones stand out and add context to how "photic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and upper photic zones and below the photic zone and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "photic" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with photic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
About 90% of all marine life lives in the photic zone. (11 words)
The lower photic zone is high in nutrient concentration, low in light intensity and penetration and relatively cool. (18 words)
The upper photic zone is low in nutrient concentration, high in light intensity and penetration, and usually higher in temperature. (20 words)
Recent work has shown that some of the Ediacaran assemblages (e.g. Mistaken Point ) were in deep water, below the photic zone, and that the organisms were not dependent on endosymbiotic photosynthesisers. (32 words)
Biologically functional fluorescence is found in the photic zone, where there is not only enough light to cause biofluorescence, but enough light for other organisms to detect it. (28 words)
The visual field in the photic zone is naturally blue, so colors of fluorescence can be detected as bright reds, oranges, yellows, and greens. (24 words)
Example sentences (9)
The middle photic zone is an area that contains the same values in between that of the lower and upper photic zones.
Within minutes, we were sinking below the photic zone, where sunlight could penetrate to fuel the green plankton that tinted the waters.
About 90% of all marine life lives in the photic zone.
Another adaptive use of fluorescence is to generate red light from the ambient blue light of the photic zone to aid vision.
Biologically functional fluorescence is found in the photic zone, where there is not only enough light to cause biofluorescence, but enough light for other organisms to detect it.
Recent work has shown that some of the Ediacaran assemblages (e.g. Mistaken Point ) were in deep water, below the photic zone, and that the organisms were not dependent on endosymbiotic photosynthesisers.
The lower photic zone is high in nutrient concentration, low in light intensity and penetration and relatively cool.
The upper photic zone is low in nutrient concentration, high in light intensity and penetration, and usually higher in temperature.
The visual field in the photic zone is naturally blue, so colors of fluorescence can be detected as bright reds, oranges, yellows, and greens.
Common combinations with photic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: