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photodope

photodope verb: to dope (a semiconductor etc) by means of (laser) light.

Verb

photodope (third-person singular simple present photodopes, present participle photodoping, simple past and past participle photodoped)

  1. (transitive) To dope (a semiconductor etc) by means of (laser) light.
    Synonyms:
    photocharge

Synonyms of photodope

Forms of photodope

third-person singular presentphotodopes
present participlephotodoping
past participlephotodoped
pastphotodoped

Origin of photodope

From photo- + dope.

Questions about photodope

What does photodope mean?
Photodope means to dope (a semiconductor etc) by means of (laser) light.
What part of speech is photodope?
Photodope is a verb.
What is the past tense of photodope?
The past tense of photodope is photodoped.

Words near photodope in the dictionary

  1. photodocumented
  2. photodocumenter
  3. photodocumenters
  4. photodocumenting
  5. photodocuments
  6. photodope
  7. photodoped
  8. photodopes
  9. photodoping
  10. photodormancy
  11. photodormant

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