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photodecompose

photodecompose verb: to decompose by a photochemical process.

Verb

photodecompose (third-person singular simple present photodecomposes, present participle photodecomposing, simple past and past participle photodecomposed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To decompose by a photochemical process.

Forms of photodecompose

third-person singular presentphotodecomposes
present participlephotodecomposing
past participlephotodecomposed
pastphotodecomposed

Origin of photodecompose

From photo- + decompose.

Questions about photodecompose

What does photodecompose mean?
Photodecompose means to decompose by a photochemical process.
What part of speech is photodecompose?
Photodecompose is a verb.
What is the past tense of photodecompose?
The past tense of photodecompose is photodecomposed.

Words near photodecompose in the dictionary

  1. photodecarboxylation
  2. photodecarboxylations
  3. photodecay
  4. photodecolouration
  5. photodecolourations
  6. photodecompose
  7. photodecomposed
  8. photodecomposes
  9. photodecomposing
  10. photodecomposition
  11. photodecompositions

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