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photocleave

photocleave verb: to cleave a bond by photolysis.

Verb

photocleave (third-person singular simple present photocleaves, present participle photocleaving, simple past and past participle photocleaved)

  1. To cleave a bond by photolysis

Forms of photocleave

third-person singular presentphotocleaves
present participlephotocleaving
past participlephotocleaved
pastphotocleaved

Origin of photocleave

From photo- + cleave.

Questions about photocleave

What does photocleave mean?
Photocleave means to cleave a bond by photolysis.
What part of speech is photocleave?
Photocleave is a verb.
What is the past tense of photocleave?
The past tense of photocleave is photocleaved.

Words near photocleave in the dictionary

  1. photochronographic
  2. photochronographs
  3. photochronography
  4. photocleavable
  5. photocleavage
  6. photocleave
  7. photocleaved
  8. photocleaves
  9. photocleaving
  10. photoclinometer
  11. photoclinometers

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