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photo- (iou) and latimeria (iou)


photo- (iou)



photo- combining form.
[Partly from Greek photo- combining form of phot-, phos light: see -O-; partly from PHOTO(GRAPHIC, PHOTO(GRAPHY.]
1. Light.
2. Photography; photographic.
photoab'sorbing adjective that absorbs light; capable of absorbing a photon: M20.
photoab'sorption noun absorption of a photon M20.
photoa'coustic adjective = OPTOACOUSTIC L20.
photoact noun (Biochemistry) a photoaction L20.
photoaction noun (Biochemistry) a molecular event caused by light M20.
photo'activate verb trans. induce a change in or activate by means of light E20.
photoacti'vation noun activation by means of light E20.
photo'active adjective capable of or involving a chemical or physical change in response to illumination E20.
photoac'tivity noun the degree to which a substance or system is photoactive E20.
photoa'ffinity adjective (Biochemistry) designating a technique of labelling large molecules (esp. proteins) at specific sites by means of smaller molecules which initially form loose complexes at the sites and are then photochemically converted to reactive forms which bond more permanently L20.
photoa'llergic adjective of or of the Nature of a photoallergy M20.
photo'allergy noun an allergy brought about by light M20.
photoautotroph photomag''netic adjective (a) designating electromagnetic rays supposed to have a magnetic effect; (b) photomagnetoelectric: M19.
photomagnetoe''lectric adjective (Physics) designating, of, or pertaining to an effect whereby illumination of a solid subjected to a magnetic field parallel to the surface gives rise to a voltage at right angles to both the direction of the field and that of the illumination M20.
photomap noun a map consisting of or drawn on a photograph or photomosaic of the area concerned M20.
photomask noun in the manufacture of microcircuits, a photographic pattern through which a photoresist is irradiated with ultraviolet light in order to transfer the pattern to it M20.
photomatrix noun (any of) a set of photographic images of characters used in filmsetting M20.
photo''mesic adjective (Nuclear Physics) of or involving a photomeson M20.
photo''meson noun (Nuclear Physics) a meson emitted from a nucleus as a result of interaction with a gamma-ray photon M20.
photomixer noun (Physics) a device that acts for light waves as a mixer does for electric signals M20.
photomon''tage noun (a) montage using photographs M20.
photomo''saic noun a photographic mosaic M20.
photo''mural noun a mural consisting of a photograph or photographs M20.
photo''neutron noun (Nuclear Physics) a neutron released from a nucleus by the action of a gamma-ray photon M20.
photonovel noun a story presented as a series of photographs with added dialogue, usu. in a serial publication L20.
photo''nuclear adjective (Nuclear Physics) of or pertaining to the interaction of a photon with an atomic nucleus M20.
photonymograph an instrument used for producing printed names photographically on maps M20.
photoorganotroph noun (Biology) a photoorganotrophic organism M20.
photoorganotrophic adjective (Biology) characterized by photoorganotrophy M20.
photoorganotrophically adverb (Biology) in a photoorganotrophic manner L20.
noun (Biology) a phototrophic organism M20.
phototrophic adjective (Biology) characterized by phototrophy M20.
phototrophically adverb in a phototrophic manner L20.
phototrophy noun (Biology) Nutrition in which sunlight is utilized as a source of energy M20.
phototube noun a photocell in the form of an electron tube with a photoemissive cathode M20.
phototype noun a printing plate or block produced photographically; the process by which such a plate is produced; a picture printed by it: M19.
photovol''taic adjective pertaining to, exhibiting, or utilizing the generation of an electromotive force by light incident on an interface between certain pairs of substances E20.
photovol''taically adverb in a photovoltaic manner M20.
photovoltaics noun the branch of science and technology that deals with photovoltaic effects and devices L20.
photo''zincograph noun & verb (a) noun a plate or picture produced by photozincography; (b) verb trans. print, produce, or portray by photozincography: M19.
photozinco''graphic adjective of or pertaining to photozincography M19.
photozin''cography noun photolithography using a zinc plate M19.

latimeria (iou)



latimeria noun. M20.
[mod. Latin, from Marjorie E. D. Courtenay-Latimer (b. 1907), S. African museum curator + -IA1.]
Zoology. Any coelacanth of the extant deep-sea genus Latimeria.