photoassisted
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Describing catalysis in which the catalyst is formed by the absorption of light
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English assisted English photoassisted From photo- + assisted.
Inflected Forms
photo-assisted (alternative)