preillumination
English edit
Etymology edit
pre- + illumination
Noun edit
preillumination (uncountable)
- Illumination prior to some other process.
- 2013, Hans Mohr, Photomorphogenesis, →ISBN, page 323:
- The lag period in chlorophyll synthesis can be eliminated by exposing the dark-grown cells to a 2-h preillumination period followed by a 12-h dark period prior to placing them in continuous light for chloroplast development[.]
- 2015 October 24, “Decreased Phototoxic Effects of TiO₂ Nanoparticles in Consortium of Bacterial Isolates from Domestic Waste Water”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- However under UVA preillumination, Bacillus anthracis when interacted with TiO 2 -NPs exhibited a synergistic toxic effect.