💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Magnetoreception"
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| magnetoceptionnoun | (biology, physics) The ability of birds or other animals to detect magnetic fields as an aid to navigation. |
| magnetosensationnoun | (biology) The ability of an animal to detect magnetic fields, and to react accordingly |
| magnetoperceptionnoun | (biology) The perception, by an organism, of a magnetic field |
| magnetotaxisnoun | (biology) The supposed ability to sense a magnetic field and coordinate movement in response, later discovered to be natural magnetism: such creatures orient themselves magnetically even after death |
| biomagnetismnoun | (biology) The production or detection of a magnetic field by a living organism. |
| gravireceptionnoun | Alternative form of graviception. [(biology) The detection of the Earth's gravitational field by an organism] |
| electroreceptionnoun | The biological ability to perceive electrical impulses, used for electrolocation and electrocommunication and particularly common among aquatic creatures (since salt water is a more efficient conductor than air). |
| electroceptionnoun | Electroreception. |
| electrolocationnoun | (zoology) the ability of an animal to detect an object by its distortion of the animal's electric field, as in the electric fishes such as the electric eel. |
| magnetobiologynoun | (biology) The (study of the) interaction of magnetic fields and biological systems |
| graviceptionnoun | (biology) The detection of the Earth's gravitational field by an organism |
| wayfindingnoun | (biology) The ability of a person or animal to orientate oneself and to navigate; the process used by a person or animal for orienting oneself and navigating. |
| echolocationnoun | The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. |
| magnetogeneticsnoun | (biology) The manipulation of cells in a magnetic field |
| phonoreceptionnoun | (physiology) The perception of sound by animals through specialized sense organs; hearing. |
| geomagnetismnoun | The magnetism of the Earth. |
| magneticsnoun | The science or study of magnets and magnetism. |
| cosmognosisnoun | (obsolete, biology) The supposed instinct that tells animals when and where to migrate |
| zoomagnetismnoun | (historical) animal magnetism |
| magnetotelluricsnoun | (geography) A natural-source, electromagnetic geophysical method of imaging structures below the Earth's surface. |
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