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photostabilize

photostabilize verb: to add compounds that absorb ultraviolet radiation to plastics in order to reduce photodegradation.

Verb

photostabilize (third-person singular simple present photostabilizes, present participle photostabilizing, simple past and past participle photostabilized)

  1. To add compounds that absorb ultraviolet radiation to plastics in order to reduce photodegradation

Forms of photostabilize

third-person singular presentphotostabilizes
present participlephotostabilizing
past participlephotostabilized
pastphotostabilized

Origin of photostabilize

From photo- + stabilize.

Questions about photostabilize

What does photostabilize mean?
Photostabilize means to add compounds that absorb ultraviolet radiation to plastics in order to reduce photodegradation.
What part of speech is photostabilize?
Photostabilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of photostabilize?
The past tense of photostabilize is photostabilized.

Words near photostabilize in the dictionary

  1. photospread
  2. photospreads
  3. photostabilities
  4. photostability
  5. photostabilization
  6. photostabilize
  7. photostabilized
  8. photostabilizer
  9. photostabilizers
  10. photostabilizes
  11. photostabilizing

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