Home › Words › F › fluxotaxisfluxotaxisfluxotaxis · noun — A technique used by robots to locate a chemical source by means of its mass flux.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom flux + -o- + taxis.nounA technique used by robots to locate a chemical source by means of its mass flux.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.infotaxis 58% match — Any searching strategy in which there is sparse information, especially a strategy used by biological organisms to zigzag towards the source of an odour based on sporadic clues. vs fluxotaxis →odortaxis 58% match — The movement of an organism with respect to, usually towards, a volatile airborne chemical. vs fluxotaxis →chemiflux 56% match — Synonym of chemical flux. vs fluxotaxis →barotaxis 53% match — The movement of a cell or an organism in response to pressure. vs fluxotaxis →osmotropotaxis 53% match — tropotaxis in an osmotic gradient vs fluxotaxis →pseudochemotaxis 52% match — Apparent chemotaxis due to random movement such as Brownian motion vs fluxotaxis →mechanotaxis 52% match — The movement of a cell along a rigidity gradient vs fluxotaxis →aerotaxis 52% match — Movement of an organism either towards or away from a region of higher oxygen content. vs fluxotaxis →