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PHOTOCHEMISTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does photochemistry mean? 

PHOTOCHEMISTRY (noun)
  The noun PHOTOCHEMISTRY has 1 sense:

1. branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of lightplay

  Familiarity information: PHOTOCHEMISTRY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHOTOCHEMISTRY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("photochemistry" is a kind of...):

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Derivation:

photochemical (of or relating to or produced by the effects of light on chemical systems)


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