"photoselection" meaning in All languages combined

See photoselection on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: photoselections [plural]
Etymology: photo- + selection Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|photo|selection}} photo- + selection Head templates: {{en-noun}} photoselection (plural photoselections)
  1. (physics, chemistry) A technique in which an aligned subset of sample molecules is selected by an exciting light beam. Categories (topical): Chemistry, Physics

Inflected forms

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