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Caused by light
Answer for the clue "Caused by light ", 6 letters:
photic
Alternative clues for the word photic
Word definitions for photic in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to or caused by light
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. of, related to, or irradiated by light; especially describing that part of the near-surface ocean is which photosynthesis is possible
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1843, "pertaining to light;" 1899, "pertaining to the parts of the ocean penetrated by sunlight," from Greek phot- , comb. form of Greek phos "light" (related to phainein "to show, to bring to light;" see phantasm ) + -ic .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Photic \Pho"tic\, a. [Gr. fw^s, fwto`s, light.] Of or pert. to light; specif., relating to the production of light by the lower animals.
Usage examples of photic.
What had looked to be vague glints, odd refractions of the sunset, he now realized were photic reactions of some sort.
Turning away from the photic controls, she directed Braouk to lower her to the deck.
It would have been simpler, more reassuring, could one have seen a wheel turn, a valve lift and fall, but there was little to note within save an odd play of light, a photic anomaly, now at the fringes of the cubicle, now like beads of bright water at its edges, pulsating, corruscating, then in small threads darting across the heavy plastic to join other threads, other ripples of light across the cubicle.