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photoacceptor

photoacceptor noun: a pigment that accepts a photon as the first stage in a photochemical reaction sequence.

Noun

photoacceptor (plural photoacceptors)

  1. A pigment that accepts a photon as the first stage in a photochemical reaction sequence

Forms of photoacceptor

pluralphotoacceptors

Origin of photoacceptor

From photo- + acceptor.

Questions about photoacceptor

What does photoacceptor mean?
Photoacceptor means a pigment that accepts a photon as the first stage in a photochemical reaction sequence.
What part of speech is photoacceptor?
Photoacceptor is a noun.
What is the plural of photoacceptor?
The plural of photoacceptor is photoacceptors.

Words near photoacceptor in the dictionary

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

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