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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos, “darkness”) + -ic.
Adjective
scotic (comparative more scotic, superlative most scotic)
- After dusk.
1965 Nov, Dale R. Calder, J. Sherman Bleakney, “Microarthropod Ecology of a Porcupine-Inhabited Cave in Nova Scotia”, in Ecology, volume 46, number 6, pages 895–899:The term scotic (Gr. skotos, darkness) was therefore devised as the most apt term for the condition of virtual darkness.
- 1998, Adrian Secchia, A Perceptual Refinement Oracle for Hierarchical Radiosity (dissertation Univ. of Cape Town), April 1998
- Rods are used in low light conditions (scotic vision) hence the black and white appearance of night vision.
2001, BB Thomas, MM Oommen, “Constant light and blinding effects on reproduction of male South Indian gerbils”, in J Exp Zool:B. B. Thomas et al. show that the animal is nocturnal with their foraging habits during the scotic phase after the onset of darkness.
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Interlingua
Pronunciation
Adjective
scotic
- Scottish
Romanian
Etymology
From Scoția + -ic.
Adjective
scotic m or n (feminine singular scotică, masculine plural scotici, feminine and neuter plural scotice)
- (obsolete) Scottish
Declension
References
- scotic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN