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photoexcite

photoexcite verb: to excite (an electron etc.) by means of photoexcitation.

Verb

photoexcite (third-person singular simple present photoexcites, present participle photoexciting, simple past and past participle photoexcited)

  1. To excite (an electron etc.) by means of photoexcitation

Forms of photoexcite

third-person singular presentphotoexcites
present participlephotoexciting
past participlephotoexcited
pastphotoexcited

Origin of photoexcite

From photo- + excite.

Questions about photoexcite

What does photoexcite mean?
Photoexcite means to excite (an electron etc.) by means of photoexcitation.
What part of speech is photoexcite?
Photoexcite is a verb.
What is the past tense of photoexcite?
The past tense of photoexcite is photoexcited.

Words near photoexcite in the dictionary

  1. photoexchanges
  2. photoexcitability
  3. photoexcitable
  4. photoexcitation
  5. photoexcitations
  6. photoexcite
  7. photoexcited
  8. photoexcites
  9. photoexciting
  10. photoexpose
  11. photoexposed

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