infotaxis
Any searching strategy in which there is sparse information, especially a strategy…Any searching strategy in which there is sparse information, especially a strategy used by biological organisms to zigzag towards the source of an odour based on sporadic clues.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Any searching strategy in which there is sparse information, especially a strategy used by biological organisms to zigzag towards the source of an odour based on sporadic clues.
2006–7, Massimo Vergassola et al., "‘Infotaxis’ as a strategy for searching without gradients", in Nature, volume 445, pages 406–409 (2007 January 25)
Origin
From info- + taxis.From info- + taxis.
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Word family
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable