English Explanatory Dictionary

photoinitiator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any substance that initiates a chemical reaction by the absorption of a photon to form an excited state.

Word forms

photoinitiator photoinitiators

Etymology

From photo- + initiator.

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