English dictionary · noun
photosynthesis
the process by which plants use sunlight to synthesize food
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- the process by which plants use sunlight to synthesize food
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- photography
The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
- photograph
a picture made using a camera
- sympathy
feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune
- photographic
Pertaining to photographs or photography.
- photon
The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.
- synonym
a word that means exactly or nearly the same as another
- symbiosis
interaction between two different organisms living in close association
- synchronize
to cause to occur or operate at the same time or rate
- photometry
The measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity.
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