photoinduced

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adjective

pho·​to·​in·​duced ˌfō-tō-in-ˈdüst 

-ˈdyüst

: induced by the action of light

photoinduction

ˌfō-tō-in-ˈdək-shən 

noun

photoinductive

ˌfō-tō-in-ˈdək-tiv 

adjective

photoinduction

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noun

pho·​to·​induction "+ 

: the action of light on an organism (as when the length of day affects the flowering of a plant)

photoinductive

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adjective

Examples of photoinduced in a Sentence

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Adjective

David Hsieh, a condensed matter physicist at the California Institute of Technology, creates photoinduced superconductivity in a type of material (known as a Mott insulator) that becomes insulating at very cold temperatures. — Neil Savage, Scientific American, 8 May 2018

Word History

Etymology

Noun

phot- + induction

First Known Use

Adjective

1937, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for photoinduced

• reintroduced
• superinduced
• adduced
• conduced
• deduced
• induced
• produced
• reduced
• seduced
• traduced
• transduced
• unloosed