Photochemical

Photochemical
Photochemical Pho`to*chem"ic*al, a. [Photo- + chemical.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to chemical action of light, or produced by it; as, the photochemical changes of the visual purple of the retina. [1913 Webster]

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