PHOTOCHEMICALLY

Etymology

Adverb

photochemically (not comparable)

By means of, or in terms of, photochemistry.

Source: Wiktionary


PHOTOCHEMICAL

Pho`to*chem"ic*al, a. Etym: [Photo- + chemical.] (Chem.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to chemical action of light, or produced by it; as, the photochemical changes of the visual purple of the retina.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PRESENTATION

(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”


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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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