"photocage" meaning in English

See photocage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: photocages [plural]
Etymology: photo- + cage Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|photo|cage}} photo- + cage Head templates: {{en-noun}} photocage (plural photocages)
  1. (chemistry, physics) Any of several molecular species that can be activated by light; they are used especially in biochemistry to attach a molecule to a biologically active compound and then study its behaviour once activated. Categories (topical): Chemistry, Physics

Inflected forms

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