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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

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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

Not the good, high-altitude ozone that shields us from dangerous UV light, but bad ozone, hovering right above ground level — stinking, brownish, grayish photochemical smog.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

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

From Science Magazine May 30, 2024

Researchers from the University of Basel are now going one step further and are demonstrating how the energy efficiency of photochemical reactions can be increased tenfold.

From Science Daily Mar. 18, 2024

Hence, it appears that in many cases physiological adaptation may be a direct response of the life-processes of the plant to the daily length of photochemical stimulation which it receives from solar light.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

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