"photoinitiation" meaning in All languages combined

See photoinitiation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: photoinitiations [plural]
Etymology: photo- + initiation Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|photo|initiation}} photo- + initiation Head templates: {{en-noun}} photoinitiation (plural photoinitiations)
  1. (chemistry, physics) The photoproduction of a radical or ion that is capable of initiating a chain reaction; used especially to initiate polymerization Categories (topical): Chemistry, Physics

Inflected forms

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