"photochemical" meaning in English

See photochemical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From photo- + chemical. Etymology templates: {{af|en|photo-|chemical}} photo- + chemical Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} photochemical (not comparable)
  1. (chemistry) Of, relating to, or produced by photochemistry or by photochemical reactions Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: photochemical logic gate, photochemical oxidant, photochemical reaction, photochemical reduction, photochemical smog Translations (relating to photochemistry): fotoquímic (Catalan), fotokemiallinen (Finnish), photochimique (French), fotokémiai (Hungarian), fótaiceimiceach (Irish), fotochimico (Italian), fotoquímico (Portuguese), fotoquímico (Spanish), sugkapnayin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-photochemical-en-adj-zEsLNur5 Categories (other): Chemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with photo-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Photochemistry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with photo-: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Photochemistry: 70 30 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Noun

Forms: photochemicals [plural]
Etymology: From photo- + chemical. Etymology templates: {{af|en|photo-|chemical}} photo- + chemical Head templates: {{en-noun}} photochemical (plural photochemicals)
  1. Any chemical compound (such as silver halides) used in photography.
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