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photocatalysis

photocatalysis noun: catalysis by a photocatalyst.

Noun

photocatalysis (uncountable)

  1. catalysis by a photocatalyst

Origin of photocatalysis

From photo- + catalysis.

Questions about photocatalysis

What does photocatalysis mean?
Photocatalysis means catalysis by a photocatalyst.
What part of speech is photocatalysis?
Photocatalysis is a noun.

Words near photocatalysis in the dictionary

  1. photocascade
  2. photocascades
  3. photocatalysed
  4. photocatalyser
  5. photocatalysers
  6. photocatalysis
  7. photocatalyst
  8. photocatalysts
  9. photocatalytic
  10. photocatalytically
  11. photocatalyze

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