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photobleach

photobleach verb: to become less absorbent, reflective or fluorescent upon exposure to light.

Verb

photobleach (third-person singular simple present photobleaches, present participle photobleaching, simple past and past participle photobleached)

  1. (intransitive) To become less absorbent, reflective or fluorescent upon exposure to light.

Forms of photobleach

third-person singular presentphotobleaches
present participlephotobleaching
past participlephotobleached
pastphotobleached

Origin of photobleach

From photo- + bleach.

Words formed from photobleach

Questions about photobleach

What does photobleach mean?
Photobleach means to become less absorbent, reflective or fluorescent upon exposure to light.
What part of speech is photobleach?
Photobleach is a verb.
What is the past tense of photobleach?
The past tense of photobleach is photobleached.

Words near photobleach in the dictionary

  1. photobiotic
  2. photobiotin
  3. photoblank
  4. photoblanks
  5. photoblastic
  6. photobleach
  7. photobleachable
  8. photobleached
  9. photobleaches
  10. photobleaching
  11. photoblinking

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