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photochemistry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
pho-to-chem-istry
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of photochemical reactions.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

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 chemistry English photochemistry From photo- + chemistry.

Usage

Inflected Forms

photochemistries (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

photochemical photophysics radiochemistry

Questions

What does photochemistry mean?
The study of photochemical reactions.
Where does photochemistry 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 chemistry English photochemistry From photo- + chemistry.

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