trop
a turn, direction
Greek · tropos, trope (τρόπος, τροπή)
Trop words come from Greek words for turning. Plants turn toward light, the sun seems to turn back at the tropics, and a trope is a turn of speech.
Memory trick
A heliotrope flower turns its face to follow the sun across the sky.
Words from this root
- tropic (trop + ic) — a line where the sun seems to turnकर्क या मकर रेखा
- tropical (tropic + al) — of hot regions near the tropicsउष्णकटिबंधीय
- trope (trope) — a figure of speech; a turn of phraseअलंकार, प्रचलित मुहावरा
- entropy (en + trop + y) — measure of disorder in a systemअव्यवस्था की माप, एंट्रॉपी
- heliotrope (helio + trope) — a plant turning toward the sunसूर्य की ओर मुड़ने वाला पौधा
- heliotropism (helio + trop + ism) — growth turning toward the sunसूर्य की ओर मुड़ना
- phototropism (photo + trop + ism) — plant bending toward lightप्रकाश की ओर झुकना
- geotropism (geo + trop + ism) — plant growth turning with gravityगुरुत्व की ओर बढ़ना
- hydrotropism (hydro + trop + ism) — growth turning toward waterपानी की ओर बढ़ना
- chemotropism (chemo + trop + ism) — growth turning toward a chemicalरसायन की ओर बढ़ना
- isotropic (iso + trop + ic) — the same in every directionसभी दिशाओं में समान
- psychotropic (psycho + trop + ic) — acting on the mindमन पर असर करने वाला