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photothermal

photothermal adjective: involving the production of heat by photoexcitation.

Adjective

photothermal (not comparable)

  1. Involving the production of heat by photoexcitation.

Origin of photothermal

From photo- + thermal.

Words formed from photothermal

Questions about photothermal

What does photothermal mean?
Photothermal means involving the production of heat by photoexcitation.
What part of speech is photothermal?
Photothermal is an adjective.

Words near photothermal in the dictionary

  1. phototherapic
  2. phototherapies
  3. phototherapist
  4. phototherapists
  5. phototherapy
  6. photothermal
  7. photothermally
  8. photothermic
  9. photothermoacoustic
  10. photothermoelasticity
  11. photothermography

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