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photooxidation

noun

Etymology

From photo- + oxidation.

  1. borrowed from oxide
  2. formed as oxidation — “oxide + -ation”
  3. prefixed as photooxidation — “photo + oxidation”

Definitions

  1. The loss of an electron from a photoexcited species.

  2. The reaction of something with oxygen in the presence of light.

The neighborhood

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