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photophoresis

photophoresis noun: the slow drift of fine particles suspended in a gas away from a strong light source.

Noun

photophoresis (uncountable)

  1. The slow drift of fine particles suspended in a gas away from a strong light source

Origin of photophoresis

From photo- + -phoresis.

Questions about photophoresis

What does photophoresis mean?
Photophoresis means the slow drift of fine particles suspended in a gas away from a strong light source.
What part of speech is photophoresis?
Photophoresis is a noun.

Words near photophoresis in the dictionary

  1. photophonic
  2. photophonophobia
  3. photophony
  4. photophore
  5. photophores
  6. photophoresis
  7. photophoretic
  8. photophosphorescence
  9. photophosphorescent
  10. photophosphorylase
  11. photophosphorylate

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