Meanings
nounphotodehydrogenation (usually uncountable, plural photodehydrogenations)
plural photodehydrogenations
- uncountableusuallyDehydrogenation that is caused or catalyzed by irradiation with light (electromagnetic radiation).
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*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
- Frenchhydro-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Hellenic*génos
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Frenchhydrogène
- Englishhydrogen
- Englishhydrogenation
- Englishdehydrogenation
- Englishphotodehydrogenation
From photo- + dehydrogenation.
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APA
photodehydrogenation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photodehydrogenation
MLA
“photodehydrogenation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photodehydrogenation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photodehydrogenation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photodehydrogenation.
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