Monday, April 30, 2012

Word of the Day 4-30-12

Aphotic: adjective;
1. Lightless; dark.
 
Origin:
Coined in the early 1900s, aphotic  comes from the Greek word photic  meaning "light," as in the word photo , and the prefix a-  meaning "not."
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