photoscience

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noun

Any branch of physics, chemistry or biology concerned with the actions of light.

OriginEnglish science ← Middle English science ← Old French science →
Scrabble 21
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Meanings

nounphotoscience (countable and uncountable, plural photosciences)

plural photosciences

  1. countableuncountableAny branch of physics, chemistry or biology concerned with the actions of light.
  2. countableuncountableThe science of photography.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  7. Englishphoto-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  10. Latinsciō
  11. Latinsciēns
  12. Latinscientia
  13. Old Frenchscience
  14. Middle Englishscience
  15. Englishscience
  16. Englishphotoscience

From photo- + science.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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