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photoconvective

photoconvective adjective: relating to photoconvection.

Adjective

photoconvective (not comparable)

  1. Relating to photoconvection
    • The photoconvective forces demonstrated here provide a new tool for high bandwidth control of mechanical motion in cryogenic conditions, and have the potential to allow efficient transfer of electromagnetic energy to motional kinetic energy..2015, D. L. McAuslan, G. I. Harris, C. Baker, Y. Sachkou, X. He, E. Sheridan, W. P. Bowen, “Microphotonic Forces From Superfluid Flow”, in arXiv

Origin of photoconvective

From photo- + convective.

Questions about photoconvective

What does photoconvective mean?
Photoconvective means relating to photoconvection.
What part of speech is photoconvective?
Photoconvective is an adjective.

Words near photoconvective in the dictionary

  1. photocontrol
  2. photocontrollability
  3. photocontrollable
  4. photocontrols
  5. photoconvection
  6. photoconvective
  7. photoconversion
  8. photoconversions
  9. photoconvert
  10. photoconvertable
  11. photoconverted

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