Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photocleave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-to-cleave
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cleave a bond by photolysis

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 cleave English photocleave From photo- + cleave.

Inflected Forms

photocleaves (present, singular) photocleaving (participle, present) photocleaved (participle, past) photocleaved (past)

Questions

What does photocleave mean?: To cleave a bond by photolysis
Where does photocleave come from?: 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 cleave English photocleave From photo- + cleave.

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