Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photoexcite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-toex-cite
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To excite (an electron etc.) by means of photoexcitation

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 excite English photoexcite From photo- + excite.

Inflected Forms

photoexcites (present, singular) photoexciting (participle, present) photoexcited (participle, past) photoexcited (past)

Questions

What does photoexcite mean?: To excite (an electron etc.) by means of photoexcitation
Where does photoexcite 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 excite English photoexcite From photo- + excite.

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