photolyse

See also: Photolyse

English

Alternative forms

• photolyze

Etymology

From photo- +‎ lyse.

Verb

photolyse (third-person singular simple present photolyses, present participle photolysing, simple past and past participle photolysed)

1. To cause photolysis.
   • 1986, I. Lang et al., “Molecular mobility and nucleocytoplasmic flux in hepatoma cells”, in Journal of Cell Biology‎^[1], volume 102:

     Then, fluorophores were photolysed by a high-intensity light pulse and influx was monitored at the initial low beam power.

Related terms

• photolysis, photolytic

Anagrams

• holotypes

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

photolyse f (plural photolyses)

1. photolysis

Further reading

• “photolyse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.