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photoabsorption

photoabsorption noun: a situation in which all of the energy of a photon is transferred to an atom or molecule.

Noun

photoabsorption (uncountable)

  1. A situation in which all of the energy of a photon is transferred to an atom or molecule

Origin of photoabsorption

From photo- + absorption.

Questions about photoabsorption

What does photoabsorption mean?
Photoabsorption means a situation in which all of the energy of a photon is transferred to an atom or molecule.
What part of speech is photoabsorption?
Photoabsorption is a noun.

Words near photoabsorption in the dictionary

  1. photoabsorbance
  2. photoabsorbances
  3. photoabsorbent
  4. photoabsorber
  5. photoabsorbers
  6. photoabsorption
  7. photoacceptor
  8. photoacceptors
  9. photoacclimate
  10. photoacclimation
  11. photoacclimational

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