Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photochromism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-tochromism
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The reversible transformation of the optical properties of a material when exposed to electromagnetic radiation, especially the reversible darkening of a plastic lens when exposed to sunlight.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

photochromisms (plural)

Questions

What does photochromism mean?: The reversible transformation of the optical properties of a material when exposed to electromagnetic radiation, especially the reversible darkening of a plastic lens when exposed to sunlight.

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