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photodegradable

photodegradable adjective: capable of being chemically broken down as the result of a photochemical reaction.

Adjective

photodegradable (comparative more photodegradable, superlative most photodegradable)

  1. Capable of being chemically broken down as the result of a photochemical reaction

Forms of photodegradable

comparativemore photodegradable
superlativemost photodegradable

Origin of photodegradable

From photo- + degradable.

Questions about photodegradable

What does photodegradable mean?
Photodegradable means capable of being chemically broken down as the result of a photochemical reaction.
What part of speech is photodegradable?
Photodegradable is an adjective.

Words near photodegradable in the dictionary

  1. photodecomposition
  2. photodecompositions
  3. photodeconjugation
  4. photodeconjugations
  5. photodegradability
  6. photodegradable
  7. photodegradation
  8. photodegradative
  9. photodegrade
  10. photodegraded
  11. photodegrades

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