Actinism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That property of electromagnetic radiation that leads to the production of photochemical effects uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects wordnet

Etymology

From actin- + -ism.

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