Crossword clues for photic
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. of, related to, or irradiated by light; especially describing that part of the near-surface ocean is which photosynthesis is possible
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or caused by light
Wikipedia
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.