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photodegrade

photodegrade verb: to decompose as a result of exposure to light, especially that of the sun.

Verb

photodegrade (third-person singular simple present photodegrades, present participle photodegrading, simple past and past participle photodegraded)

  1. to decompose as a result of exposure to light, especially that of the sun.

Forms of photodegrade

third-person singular presentphotodegrades
present participlephotodegrading
past participlephotodegraded
pastphotodegraded

Origin of photodegrade

From photo- + degrade.

Words formed from photodegrade

Questions about photodegrade

What does photodegrade mean?
Photodegrade means to decompose as a result of exposure to light, especially that of the sun.
What part of speech is photodegrade?
Photodegrade is a verb.
What is the past tense of photodegrade?
The past tense of photodegrade is photodegraded.

Words near photodegrade in the dictionary

  1. photodeconjugations
  2. photodegradability
  3. photodegradable
  4. photodegradation
  5. photodegradative
  6. photodegrade
  7. photodegraded
  8. photodegrades
  9. photodegrading
  10. photodehydrogenation
  11. photodehydrogenations

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