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PHOTOCHEMISTRY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("photochemistry" is a kind of...):
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Derivation:
photochemical (of or relating to or produced by the effects of light on chemical systems)