Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 12:25:10 10/08/01
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On October 08, 2001 at 15:20:32, Leen Ammeraal wrote: >On October 08, 2001 at 12:53:43, carlos wrote: > >>I think that tropism is a measure of how easy it is for a piece to attack the >>opposing king, and is usually measured in distance from the piece to the king. >> >>But, How is piece type´s dependent? > >Can anyone tell if 'tropism' is a word used outside the context >of computer chess, and if so, with what meaning? >It does not occur in my dictionary >(Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English). >Leen Ammeraal tro·pism Pronunciation: 'trO-"pi-z&m Function: noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary -tropism Date: 1899 1 a : involuntary orientation by an organism or one of its parts that involves turning or curving by movement or by differential growth and is a positive or negative response to a source of stimulation b : a reflex reaction involving a tropism 2 : an innate tendency to react in a definite manner to stimuli; broadly : a natural inclination : PROPENSITY - tro·pis·tic /trO-'pis-tik/ adjective
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