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PRONUNCIATION OF PHOTOCHROMISM

photochromism  [ˌfəʊtəʊˈkrəʊmɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHOTOCHROMISM

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determiner
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Photochromism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHOTOCHROMISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

photochromism

Photochromism

Photochromism is the reversible transformation of a chemical species between two forms by the absorption of electromagnetic radiation, where the two forms have different absorption spectra. Trivially, this can be described as a reversible change of colour upon exposure to light. The phenomenon was discovered in the late 1880s, including work by Markwald, who studied the reversible change of color of 2,3,4,4-tetrachloronaphthalen-1-one in the solid state. He labeled this phenomenon "phototropy", and this name was used until the 1950s when Yehuda Hirshberg, of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel proposed the term "photochromism". Photochromism can take place in both organic and inorganic compounds, and also has its place in biological systems.

Definition of photochromism in the English dictionary

The definition of photochromism in the dictionary is the reversible transformation of something's colour due to exposure to electromagnetic radiation such as sunlight.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHOTOCHROMISM


academism
əˈkædəˌmɪzəm
alarmism
əˈlɑːmɪzəm
animism
ˈænɪˌmɪzəm
atomism
ˈætəˌmɪzəm
conformism
kənˈfɔːmɪzəm
dynamism
ˈdaɪnəˌmɪzəm
economism
ɪˈkɒnəˌmɪzəm
endemism
ˈɛndəmɪzəm
euphemism
ˈjuːfɪˌmɪzəm
extremism
ɪkˈstriːmɪzəm
nomism
ˈnəʊmɪzəm
nonconformism
ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːmɪzəm
optimism
ˈɒptɪˌmɪzəm
Pan-Islamism
pænˈɪzləmɪzəm
panspermism
pænˈspɜːmɪzəm
pessimism
ˈpɛsɪˌmɪzəm
reformism
rɪˈfɔːmɪzəm
thermochromism
ˌθɜːməʊˈkrəʊmɪzəm
Thomism
ˈtəʊmɪzəm
totemism
ˈtəʊtəˌmɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHOTOCHROMISM

photocatalyses
photocatalysis
photocatalytic
photocathode
photocell
photochemical
photochemically
photochemist
photochemistry
photochromic
photochromy
photochronograph
photochronography
photocompose
photocomposer
photocomposition
photoconducting
photoconduction
photoconductive
photoconductivity

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHOTOCHROMISM

bathmism
bedlamism
bromism
chemism
cosmism
dysphemism
Humism
Islamism
legitimism
logical atomism
momism
Moslemism
Muslimism
opiumism
overoptimism
pancosmism
seismism
short-termism
transformism
Uncle Tomism

Synonyms and antonyms of photochromism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «photochromism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHOTOCHROMISM

Find out the translation of photochromism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of photochromism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «photochromism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

光致变色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fotocromismo
570 millions of speakers

English

photochromism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

photochromism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صباغة بالضوء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фотохромизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fotocromismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

photochromism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

photochromie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Photochromism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Photochromie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フォトクロミズム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

광색
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Photochromism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

photochromism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

photochromism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फोटोचा क्रोमॅमिझम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fotokromizm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

photochromism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fotochromizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фотохромізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

photochromism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

photochromism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

photochromism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fotokromism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

photochromism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of photochromism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOTOCHROMISM»

The term «photochromism» is normally little used and occupies the 136.824 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOTOCHROMISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about photochromism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHOTOCHROMISM»

Discover the use of photochromism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to photochromism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Photochromism: Molecules and Systems: Molecules and Systems
This new edition provides an efficient entry into this flourishing field, with the core content retained from the original work to provide a basic introduction into the different subjects. *Second edition of a work first published in 1990, ...
Heinz Dürr, Henri Bouas-Laurent, 2003
2
New Frontiers in Photochromism
This book compiles the accomplishments of the research project titled ""New Frontiers in Photochromism""
Masahiro Irie, Yasushi Yokoyama, Takahiro Seki, 2013
3
Chromic Phenomena: Technological Applications of Colour ...
Accordingly, photochromism is a change in colour, usually colourless to coloured , brought about by light, and the material or chemicals undergoing this change are photochromic. Electrochromism is a reversible colour change upon oxidation  ...
Peter Bamfield, Michael G. Hutchings, 2010
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Smart Materials: In Architecture, Interior Architecture and ...
Photochromism describes the reversible conversion of materials or components between two forms A and B, each with different absorption spectra. The conversion is triggered, in one or both directions, by the absorption of electromagnetic ...
Axel Ritter, 2007
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New Scientist
This new kind of reversible colour change in organic compounds was first described by me in 1950, and I called it "photochromism". In 1951 Dr. Ernst Fischer joined me in the study of the photochromic phenomenon. First, we found that a ...
6
Organic Photochromic and Thermochromic Compounds: Volume 2: ...
This book, Organic Photochromic and Thermochromic Compounds, is the fourth major treatise on photochromism involving organic molecules and derived systems.
John C. Crano, Robert J. Guglielmetti, 1999
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Colour Chemistry
Most commonly, reversible photochromism follows the general principles illustrated in Scheme 10.3 in which structure A (usually colourless) is converted by irradiation with light of a certain wavelength (usually in the UV region) into structure B ...
R. M. Christie, Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain), 2001
8
Chromism: Photochromism, Thermochromism, Photochromic Lens, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, Books Llc, 2010
9
Sol-Gel Optics: Processing and Applications
On the other hand, co- polymerization of Si(OCH3)4 with polydimethylsiloxanes ( pdms, SP glasses) induces sufficient flexibility into the matrix, allowing reversed photochromism in the final glass. The reversed photochromism in the SP glasses  ...
Lisa C. Klein, 1994
10
Chemistry of New Materials
Self-adjusting sunglasses that are dark when exposed to sunlight and clear in the presence of artificial light are perhaps the most widely known example of photochromism. Photochromism is a subset of a larger group of phenomena known as ...
David E. Newton, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHOTOCHROMISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term photochromism is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Hypercolor of Tomorrow: Chameleon Clothes Change Patterns …
Though this phenomenon — known as photochromism, or the ability to change appearance in response to sunlight — has been studied for ... «Unicorn Booty, Apr 15»
2
Soon You'll Roll Up Your 3D Printed, LE-OFET, Flexible Computer …
The devices can function as non-volatile optical memories, phototransistors, and photochromism-based transistors. In both cases a variety of ... «3DPrint.com, Jan 15»
3
Opportunities for Photochromic Materials in the Smart Windows Market
Materials exhibiting some kind of photochromism are the subject of intense research worldwide, paving the way for other firms to compete in ... «Azom.com, May 14»
4
Artificial lung to remove carbon dioxide -- from smokestacks
Amphiphilic diarylethene (DE) derivatives that show photochromism and amphiphilic cyanobisbiphenylethene (CNBE) derivatives that show ... «EurekAlert, Sep 13»
5
Pink diamond 'behaviour' solved but colour still a mystery
The team investigated photochromism, modelling the pink diamond photochromic process as 'an optically-driven electronic transition between ... «Phys.Org, Jan 13»
6
Electric Windows: A Current Of Fenestration Innovation
Switch Materials' smart windows darken in sunlight (photochromism), an effect that is reversed by sending a weak electric current through it. «EarthTechling, Oct 11»
7
Colourful toxin detection
Branda says this is what is known as 'gated photochromism', in which both stimuli, the organophosphorus agent and UV light, need to be ... «Chemistry World, Sep 11»
8
Inorganic chemistry: At the flick of a switch
This mechanism, called photochromism, could be exploited to make materials that are light-sensitive, with a host of possible applications in ... «Nanowerk LLC, Aug 11»
9
Diamond Quantum Memory - Chip-Scale Nanofabrication of Single …
... were annealed in Ar at 850 °C to induce vacancy diffusion to form NV centers and then annealed in O2 at 420 °C to reduce photochromism. «Next Big Future, Mar 11»
10
Photo-chromic Dyestuff
The Photochromism is defined as the reversible transformation of a chemical species between two forms by the absorption of electromagnetic ... «Fibre2fashion.com, Feb 11»

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« EDUCALINGO. Photochromism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/photochromism>. Apr 2024 ».
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