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photochemical

American  
[foh-toh-kem-ik-uhl] / ˌfoʊ toʊˈkɛm ɪk əl /

adjective

  1. relating to or produced by the chemical action of light.


photochemical British  
/ ˌfəʊtəʊˈkɛmɪkəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to photochemistry; involving the chemical effects of light

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Cleaner cars have wrought wonders in getting rid of photochemical smog, when all we need to do is buy one.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

But as we would find out, our smog — photochemical smog — made the air taste like poison and look like something you’d put out with the garbage.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

With its simple, scalable synthesis, strong light absorption, stable photophysical characteristics, and long lived excited state, the manganese-based material could support future large scale photochemical applications.

From Science Daily Nov. 26, 2025

They targeted a photochemical reaction in which molecules absorb energy from photons and transfer it to a neighbor.

From Science Magazine May 30, 2024

It is impossible to rate the different illuminants in a general manner as to actinic value because the various photochemical reactions are not affected to the same extent by rays of a given wave-length.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh

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