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photocycle

noun

Etymology

From photo- + cycle.

  1. derived from *kʷékʷlos✻
  2. derived from κύκλος
  3. derived from cyclus
  4. inherited from cicle — “fixed length period of years”
  5. prefixed as photocycle — “photo + cycle”

Definitions

  1. Any of several biochemical cycles, involving photoactive proteins, that take place in the…

    Any of several biochemical cycles, involving photoactive proteins, that take place in the retina when exposed to light

  2. To undergo a photochemical cycle

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for photocycle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA