Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photoisomerize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-toi-so-mer-ize
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause a structural change between isomers through 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 isomerize English photoisomerize From photo- + isomerize.

Inflected Forms

photoisomerizes (present, singular) photoisomerizing (participle, present) photoisomerized (participle, past) photoisomerized (past) photoisomerise (alternative)

Derived Forms

photoisomerization

Questions

What does photoisomerize mean?: To cause a structural change between isomers through photoexcitation
Where does photoisomerize 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 isomerize English photoisomerize From photo- + isomerize.

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