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photoionize

photoionize verb: to cause or to undergo photoionization.

Verb

photoionize (third-person singular simple present photoionizes, present participle photoionizing, simple past and past participle photoionized)

  1. To cause or to undergo photoionization.

Forms of photoionize

third-person singular presentphotoionizes
present participlephotoionizing
past participlephotoionized
pastphotoionized

Origin of photoionize

From photo- + ionize.

Questions about photoionize

What does photoionize mean?
Photoionize means to cause or to undergo photoionization.
What part of speech is photoionize?
Photoionize is a verb.
What is the past tense of photoionize?
The past tense of photoionize is photoionized.

Words near photoionize in the dictionary

  1. photoionisation
  2. photoionisations
  3. photoionised
  4. photoionization
  5. photoionizations
  6. photoionize
  7. photoionized
  8. photoionizes
  9. photoionizing
  10. photoions
  11. photoirradiate

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