photoligation

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noun

Ligation triggered by light.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounphotoligation (countable and uncountable, plural photoligations)

plural photoligations

  1. countableuncountablechemistryLigation triggered by light.

Origin

From photo- + ligation.

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APA

photoligation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoligation

MLA

“photoligation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoligation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoligation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoligation.

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