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photoacclimate

photoacclimate verb: to acclimate to a particular light environment.

Verb

photoacclimate (third-person singular simple present photoacclimates, present participle photoacclimating, simple past and past participle photoacclimated)

  1. To acclimate to a particular light environment

Forms of photoacclimate

third-person singular presentphotoacclimates
present participlephotoacclimating
past participlephotoacclimated
pastphotoacclimated

Origin of photoacclimate

From photo- + acclimate.

Questions about photoacclimate

What does photoacclimate mean?
Photoacclimate means to acclimate to a particular light environment.
What part of speech is photoacclimate?
Photoacclimate is a verb.
What is the past tense of photoacclimate?
The past tense of photoacclimate is photoacclimated.

Words near photoacclimate in the dictionary

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

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