photodissociation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of photodissociation
First recorded in 1920–25; photo- + dissociation
Example Sentences
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The Horsehead Nebula is a well-known photodissociation region, or PDR.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2024
Theoretically, there could have been some production of oxygen by photodissociation of water vapor in ultraviolet light, but not much.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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