Meanings
nounphotoelimination (plural photoeliminations)
plural photoeliminations
- chemistryphotochemical elimination
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Englishelimination
- Englishphotoelimination
From photo- + elimination.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
photoelimination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoelimination
MLA
“photoelimination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoelimination. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoelimination,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoelimination.
Source: photoelimination on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.