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phototrigger

phototrigger noun: a trigger enabled by light.

Noun

phototrigger (plural phototriggers)

  1. A trigger enabled by light
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Verb

phototrigger (third-person singular simple present phototriggers, present participle phototriggering, simple past and past participle phototriggered)

  1. To trigger photochemically

Forms of phototrigger

Noun
pluralphototriggers
Verb
third-person singular presentphototriggers
present participlephototriggering
past participlephototriggered
pastphototriggered

Origin of phototrigger

From photo- + trigger.

Questions about phototrigger

What does phototrigger mean?
Phototrigger means a trigger enabled by light.
What part of speech is phototrigger?
Phototrigger can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of phototrigger?
The plural of phototrigger is phototriggers.

Words near phototrigger in the dictionary

  1. phototreatments
  2. phototriangulation
  3. phototrichogram
  4. phototrichograms
  5. phototrichromatic
  6. phototrigger
  7. phototriggerable
  8. phototriggered
  9. phototriggers
  10. phototriode
  11. phototronic

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