Photoactivation
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Photoactivation is a noun meaning (physics, chemistry) The absorption of energy from a photon in raising a molecule (or chromophore) from the ground state; especially the first stage of photosynthesis in which energy is absorbed by chlorophyll.
Meaning
(physics, chemistry) The absorption of energy from a photon in raising a molecule (or chromophore) from the ground state; especially the first stage of photosynthesis in which energy is absorbed by chlorophyll.
Word Forms
- photoactivations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include photoabsorption, photoexcitation, photosensitization, photoconversion, photoenergy, phototransformation.
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