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Photochemistry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The chemistry of the effects of light on chemical systems.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The study of photochemical reactions

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The branch of chemistry which relates to the effect of light in producing chemical changes, as in photography.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. That branch of chemistry which treats of the chemical action of light.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light

Word Usage

"The goal of this “Expose” experiment is to understand the effects of zero gravity and ultraviolet and other cosmic radiation on PAHs, and it focuses especially on photochemistry, the changes that occur when different forms of light hit the compounds."

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chemistry chemical science

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