Meanings
adverbphotoacoustically (not comparable)
- not comparableIn a photoacoustic way.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
- Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
- Medieval Latinacousticus
- Englishacoustic
- Englishphotoacoustic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishphotoacoustically
From photoacoustic + -ally.
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APA
photoacoustically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoacoustically
MLA
“photoacoustically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoacoustically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoacoustically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoacoustically.
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