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photostationary

photostationary adjective: describing a steady state reached by a photochemical reaction in which the rates of formation and disappearance of transient species are equal.

Adjective

photostationary (comparative more photostationary, superlative most photostationary)

  1. Describing a steady state reached by a photochemical reaction in which the rates of formation and disappearance of transient species are equal

Forms of photostationary

comparativemore photostationary
superlativemost photostationary

Origin of photostationary

From photo- + stationary.

Questions about photostationary

What does photostationary mean?
Photostationary means describing a steady state reached by a photochemical reaction in which the rates of formation and disappearance of transient species are equal.
What part of speech is photostationary?
Photostationary is an adjective.

Words near photostationary in the dictionary

  1. photostater
  2. photostaters
  3. photostatic
  4. photostatically
  5. photostating
  6. photostationary
  7. photostatistics
  8. photostats
  9. photostatted
  10. photostatter
  11. photostatters

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