"preillumination" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2013, Hans Mohr, Photomorphogenesis, page 323",
          "text": "The lag period in chlorophyll synthesis can be eliminated by exposing the dark-grown cells to a 2-h preillumination period followed by a 12-h dark period prior to placing them in continuous light for chloroplast development[.]",
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          "ref": "2015 October 24, “Decreased Phototoxic Effects of TiO₂ Nanoparticles in Consortium of Bacterial Isolates from Domestic Waste Water”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI",
          "text": "However under UVA preillumination, Bacillus anthracis when interacted with TiO 2 -NPs exhibited a synergistic toxic effect.",
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        "Illumination prior to some other process."
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