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photobleaching

photobleaching is the present participle and gerund of photobleach.

Meaning of photobleach

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.

Noun

photobleaching (uncountable)

  1. The destruction of a photochemical fluorescence by high-intensity light

Questions about photobleaching

What does photobleaching mean?
Photobleaching means the destruction of a photochemical fluorescence by high-intensity light.
What is photobleaching the present participle and gerund of?
Photobleaching is the present participle and gerund of photobleach.
What part of speech is photobleaching?
Photobleaching is a noun.

Words near photobleaching in the dictionary

  1. photoblastic
  2. photobleach
  3. photobleachable
  4. photobleached
  5. photobleaches
  6. photobleaching
  7. photoblinking
  8. photoblocker
  9. photoblockers
  10. photoblog
  11. photoblogger

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