Meanings
nounphotoconsumption (uncountable)
- uncountableThe consumption of a chemical species (typically molecular oxygen) under the influence of light
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*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
- Proto-Italic*emō
- Latinemō
- Latinsūmō
- Latincōnsūmō
- Latincōnsūmptiō
- Old Frenchconsumpcion
- Middle Englishconsumpcioun
- Englishconsumption
- Englishphotoconsumption
From photo- + consumption.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with photoconsumption
consumptionassumptionpresumptionresumptionsumptionsubsumptiongumptionoverconsumptionabsumptionanticonsumptionautoconsumptioncoconsumptioncyberconsumptionhyperconsumptionmetaconsumptionmisassumptionnonassumptionnonconsumptionnonresumptionpreassumptionprosumptionreassumptionreconsumptionrumgumption
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
photoconsumption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoconsumption
MLA
“photoconsumption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoconsumption. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoconsumption,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoconsumption.
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