Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

photocleave en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English cleave English photocleave From photo- + cleave.

Meanings

  1. To cleave a bond by photolysis

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
photocleaves Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
photocleaving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
photocleaved Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
photocleaved Tense=Past lexicographic