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photoactivate

photoactivate verb: to activate by means of photoactivation.

Verb

photoactivate (third-person singular simple present photoactivates, present participle photoactivating, simple past and past participle photoactivated)

  1. To activate by means of photoactivation

Forms of photoactivate

third-person singular presentphotoactivates
present participlephotoactivating
past participlephotoactivated
pastphotoactivated

Origin of photoactivate

From photo- + activate.

Questions about photoactivate

What does photoactivate mean?
Photoactivate means to activate by means of photoactivation.
What part of speech is photoactivate?
Photoactivate is a verb.
What is the past tense of photoactivate?
The past tense of photoactivate is photoactivated.

Words near photoactivate in the dictionary

  1. photoacoustically
  2. photoacoustics
  3. photoactinic
  4. photoactivable
  5. photoactivatable
  6. photoactivate
  7. photoactivated
  8. photoactivates
  9. photoactivatible
  10. photoactivating
  11. photoactivation

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