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photogen

photogen noun: a light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene, used as a lubricant, illuminant, etc.

Noun

photogen (plural photogens)

  1. A light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene, used as a lubricant, illuminant, etc.
  2. A microorganism that produces phosphorescence.

photogen meaning in Tamil

photogen in Tamil

ஒள்ளீனி ஒளீனி

Forms of photogen

pluralphotogens
alternative formphotogene

Origin of photogen

From photo- + -gen.

Questions about photogen

What does photogen mean?
Photogen means a light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene, used as a lubricant, illuminant, etc.
What is photogen in Tamil?
Photogen in Tamil is ஒள்ளீனி ஒளீனி. See Photogen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photogen?
Photogen is a noun.
What is the plural of photogen?
The plural of photogen is photogens.

Words near photogen in the dictionary

  1. photogastroscopes
  2. photogate
  3. photogates
  4. photogating
  5. photogelatin
  6. photogen
  7. photogene
  8. photogenerated
  9. photogeneration
  10. photogenes
  11. photogenesis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photogen (page history and authors); photogen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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