Meanings
nounphotochemistry (usually uncountable, plural photochemistries)
plural photochemistries
- uncountableusuallychemistryThe study of photochemical reactions.
“3D photochemistry plays a huge role because it provides heating or cooling, which can affect the thermodynamics and perhaps the atmospheric composition of a planetary system,” Chen said.
2019 November 11, Ashley Strickland, “What makes a planet potentially habitable”, in CNN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Englishchemistry
- Englishphotochemistry
Translations
Finnish fotokemia, valokemia
- fotokemiastudy of photochemical reactions
- valokemiastudy of photochemical reactions
French photochimie
- photochimiestudy of photochemical reactions
Hungarian fotokémia
- fotokémiastudy of photochemical reactions
Irish fótaiceimic
- fótaiceimicstudy of photochemical reactions
Italian fotochimica
- fotochimicastudy of photochemical reactions
Portuguese fotoquímica
- fotoquímicastudy of photochemical reactions
Spanish fotoquímica
- fotoquímicastudy of photochemical reactions
Cite this entry
APA
photochemistry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photochemistry
MLA
“photochemistry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photochemistry. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photochemistry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photochemistry.
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