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photolyse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pho-tol-yse
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause photolysis.

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 lyse English photolyse From photo- + lyse.

Inflected Forms

photolyses (present, singular) photolysing (participle, present) photolysed (participle, past) photolysed (past) photolyze (alternative)

Derived Forms

photolysable unphotolysed

Frequently Paired Words

photolysis photolytic

Questions

What does photolyse mean?
To cause photolysis.
Where does photolyse 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 lyse English photolyse From photo- + lyse.

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