aphotic

Meaning

  1. Having no light, especially no sunlight.
  2. Describing that part of deep lakes and oceans where less than one per cent of sunlight penetrates and where photosynthesis is not possible.

Opposite of
photic
Synonyms

Translations

aphotisch

afòtic

afótico

Işıksız

Pronounced as (IPA)
/eɪˈfəʊtɪk/
Etymology

From a- (prefix meaning ‘not; without; opposite of’) + photic.

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